Foundation for Ohio River Education

For many years, the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO) has conducted programs to educate the public about the Ohio River, one of the country’s great natural resources. In…

State Partnerships Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Indiana Department of Environmental Management Kentucky Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet New York Department For Environmental Conservation Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Pennsylvania Department of…

Mile Point Name Normal Pool Elevation (ft)* Year Placed in Operation** 6.2 Emsworth 710.0 1921 13.2 Dashields 692.0 1929 31.7 Montgomery 682.0 1936 54.4 New Cumberland 664.5 1959 84.2 Pike…

…both in dissolved and total forms. These data are used to assess compliance with water quality criteria, and to evaluate the river’s ability to support fish and macroinvertebrates. Metals Aluminum…

…3,830,357 3,882,781 4,262,799 4,631,544 4,880,648 Kentucky 39,375 664 miles 3,163,493 3,603,516 3,269,605 3,983,672 4,284,840 4,452,933 New York 1,955 – 158,355 172,303 163,747 163,878 155,596 148,248 Ohio 29,570 451 miles 6,298,122…

The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO) is currently using a sampling technique called high-volume water sampling to quantify instream concentrations of dioxin, PCBs and chlordane in the Ohio…

Sulfate is a parameter of the Bimonthly Water Quality Sampling Program, which is ORSANCO’s long-term water quality monitoring program for the Ohio River. Parameters include ammonia nitrogen, biochemical oxygen demand,…

Please complete the following form to RSVP for the ORSANCO 75th Anniversary Riverboat Cruise on Tuesday, June 27th, 2023. Please RSVP no later than March 31st. Contact Sarah Segars or…

Turbidity is a parameter of the Bimonthly Water Quality Sampling Program, which is ORSANCO’s long-term water quality monitoring program for the Ohio River. Parameters include ammonia nitrogen, biochemical oxygen demand,…

Total Nitrogen is a parameter of the Bimonthly Water Quality Sampling Program, which is ORSANCO’s long-term water quality monitoring program for the Ohio River. Parameters include ammonia nitrogen, biochemical oxygen…