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Source Water Protection Plan Source Water Protection Plan A Plan to Protect the Drinking Water Resources on the Ohio River in the Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky Region December 2017 Cover Photo: 2014 oblique aerial photograph from Bing Maps looking generally east at the upstream area. The Richard Miller Treatment Plant is visible in the lower left and the Ft. Thomas Treatment Plant is visible in the lower right portions of the photograph. ii Source Water Protection Plan A Plan to Protect the Drinking Water Resources on the Ohio River in the Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky Region Greater Cincinnati Water Works Northern Kentucky Water District December 2017 iii Page intentionally left blank iv Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................................................ vii LIST OF ACRONYMS ....................................................................................................... ix EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................. x 1.0 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. 1 BACKGROUND .................................................................................................................................................. 1 UNIQUE CHALLENGES FOR OHIO RIVER SYSTEMS .................................................................................................... 3 ROLE OF ORSANCO ....................................................................................................................................... 14 SOURCE WATER PROTECTION GOALS ................................................................................................................. 14 PLAN ORGANIZATION ...................................................................................................................................... 15 PLAN PREPARATION AND STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT .......................................................................................... 15 2.0 DELINEATION .............................................................................................................. 18 SOURCE WATER AREA CHARACTERIZATION .......................................................................................................... 18 MANAGEMENT ZONES ..................................................................................................................................... 20 3.0 POTENTIAL CONTAMINANT SOURCE INVENTORY ........................................................ 24 GENERAL SITE CHARACTERISTICS ........................................................................................................................ 24 POTENTIAL CONTAMINANT SOURCE INVENTORY DATA SOURCES .............................................................................. 25 SUMMARY OF THE POTENTIAL CONTAMINANT SOURCE INVENTORY .......................................................................... 28 FUTURE PCSI ACTIVITIES .................................................................................................................................. 35 PCSI DATA MANAGEMENT .............................................................................................................................. 36 4.0 PRIORITIZATION OF POTENTIAL CONTAMINANT SOURCES ........................................... 37 SITE-SPECIFIC PRIORITIZATION ........................................................................................................................... 37 NUTRIENTS AND HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM TRIGGERS ............................................................................................ 38 SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL CONTAMINANT SOURCES TO THE OHIO RIVER ................................................................... 39 5.0 PROTECTIVE STRATEGIES ............................................................................................. 40 COMBS-HEHL BRIDGE PROGRAM ....................................................................................................................... 40 TRANSPORTATION-RELATED SPILL NOTIFICATION AND MITIGATION ........................................................................... 41 VOLUNTARY NOTIFICATION PROGRAM ................................................................................................................ 42 NEW REGULATION AND DISCHARGE PERMIT APPLICATION REVIEW .......................................................................... 43 RESERVOIR WATER QUALITY PROTECTION ........................................................................................................... 44 NUTRIENT REDUCTION PROGRAM ...................................................................................................................... 45 SOURCE WATER DEFENDER RECOGNITION PROGRAM ............................................................................................ 46 ESTABLISHING BASELINE WATER QUALITY ........................................................................................................... 46 v 6.0 EDUCATION AND OUTREACH....................................................................................... 48 PRESENTATIONS ............................................................................................................................................. 48 CONSUMER CONFIDENCE REPORT ...................................................................................................................... 48 WEBSITES AND SOCIAL MEDIA .......................................................................................................................... 49 FESTIVALS ..................................................................................................................................................... 49 BROCHURES AND FACT SHEETS .......................................................................................................................... 49 FACILITY AND INDUSTRY-SPECIFIC BROCHURES AND OUTREACH ............................................................................... 49 ORSANCO WATER USERS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ............................................................................................... 51 SIGNAGE PROGRAM ........................................................................................................................................ 51 911 NOTIFICATION PROGRAM .......................................................................................................................... 52 FACILITY TOURS AND PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS ...................................................................................................... 52 7.0 CONTINGENCY PLANNING ........................................................................................... 53 SPILL RESPONSE (EMERGENCY ACTIONS) ............................................................................................................. 54 MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT UPSET RESPONSE ............................................................................. 57 ALTERNATE WATER SOURCES ............................................................................................................................ 57 SPILL RESPONSE TRAINING ................................................................................................................................ 58 8.0 MONITORING .............................................................................................................. 59 WATERSHED SURVEILLANCE .............................................................................................................................. 59 ODS MONITORING ......................................................................................................................................... 59 UTILITY RAW/SOURCE WATER MONITORING ....................................................................................................... 59 9.0 IMPLEMENTATION ...................................................................................................... 61 EVALUATING EFFECTIVENESS ............................................................................................................................. 61 EFFECTIVENESS OF BASIN-WIDE SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAMS ................................................................ 61 ANNUAL REPORTING ....................................................................................................................................... 62 10.0 REFERENCES ................................................................................................................ 63 FIGURES FIGURE 1. TREATMENT PLANT LOCATION MAP .......................................................................................................... 2 FIGURE 2. MAP OF THE UPSTREAM WATERSHED AND EXTENDED ZONE OF CONCERN ........................................................ 5 FIGURE 3. US EPA REGIONS IN THE UPSTREAM WATERSHED ....................................................................................... 6 FIGURE 4. INDUSTRIAL REGIONS IN THE UPSTREAM WATERSHED ................................................................................... 8 FIGURE 5. MAJOR CLASS I RAIL LINES IN THE UPSTREAM WATERSHED ............................................................................ 9 FIGURE 6. MAJOR CRUDE OIL PIPELINE ROUTES IN THE UPSTREAM WATERSHED ............................................................ 10 FIGURE
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