Ohio EPA's 2002 Integrated Water Quality
Monitoring and Assessment
Report
This report produced
every 2 years by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
provides a summary of water quality of water resources throughout
Ohio. The report indicates the general condition of Ohio’s
waters and lists those waters, like Nimishillen Creek, that are
currently not meeting water quality standards. The link
below is to the most recent Ohio Integrated Report which was
completed in 2002.
http://www.epa.state.oh.us/dsw/tmdl/2002IntReport/2002OhioIntegratedReport.html
Ohio EPA's 1994 Biological and Water Quality Study of the River
Styx
Medina and Wayne Counties
The Ohio EPA
conducted water quality sampling along River Styx mainstem from
its mouth upstream 3.5 miles past the Wadsworth Waste Water
Treatment Plant (WWTP). The report looks closely at the
possible effects of three facilities (Wadsworth WWTP, Rittman WWTP,
and Packaging Corporation of America) discharging into the River.
This report is in
PDF format.
http://www.epa.state.oh.us/dsw/documents/RiverStyx1994.pdf
United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)
Surf
Your Watershed Website
USEPA has developed a website dedicated to
environmental issues and information for the entire Tuscarawas
River Basin. You can find up-to-date information ranging
from water quality data to population statistics.
EPA: Surf Your Watershed > Tuscarawas Watershed -- 05040001