ORSANCO

The annual Great Ohio River Swim is scheduled for Sunday. And like the Seine in Paris, the Ohio River in Cincinnati has a combined sewer system, which is designed to send untreated sewage and stormwater into the river during heavy rain.

Fish serve as indicators of the waterway's health, which has improved since the Clean Water Act passed in 1972, but remains endangered by pollution and climate change.

In the last four years, more than 420,000 tons of trash and debris have been collected, including a phone booth, car parts, appliances, a wedding dress, and lots of tires.

The Ohio River Valley Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO) grew out of the Cincinnati Stream Pollution Committee in 1948. It's been instrumental in improving water quality since. Now, it wants more federal money to accomplish its mission.

Executive Director Richard Harrison will also talk about how some of the agency's equipment needs to be replaced.

I live in Mount Washington, on the east side of Cincinnati, roughly the midpoint of the 981-mile Ohio River. Below us, near the mouth of the Little Miami…

This week FEMA investigators are in Ohio trying to assess the damage caused by tornadoes that hit the state Memorial Day. The National Weather Service…

States in the Ohio River basin will be able to choose whether or not to follow pollution control standards set by the Ohio River Water Sanitation…

The directors of the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission are meeting in Covington this week to plan for the future. The board has been…

The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO) is considering a new plan on water quality for the Ohio River. A previous plan, issued last…