Central Ohio Water Study Informs Planning and Role of Reuse

This presentation shares an integrated resources model for the 15-county Central Ohio region. The model captures historical/projected behavior and relationships between population, water demand, surface water, groundwater, reclaimed water, infrastructure capacity, land use, and climatic conditions to inform project development, industrial siting, and policy/funding. This model demonstrates the criticality of evaluating water resources and identifying reuse opportunities as part of an integrated system to ensure the long-term sustainability of population and economic growth.

Attendees will understand the state of Ohio’s drivers for conducting a regional (15 county) water study that captures relationships between different water supply types and water use applications in the near- and long-term planning horizons.

Attendees will gain insights into how an integrated water resources model can help identify opportunities for water reuse, including scalping facilities, industrial reuse, public access reuse, surface water augmentation, and groundwater augmentation.

Attendees will learn about the process of scenario planning and how it facilitates gap identification, project development, and project prioritization/sequencing.

Standard Presentation Presenters

Tiffani Kavalec
Policy Director
Ohio EPA

Tiffani leads Ohio EPA policy across all agency divisions in coordination with stakeholder organizations and federal and state partners. She assists the director in defining agency and division-specific environmental goals and objectives based on Governor priorities and/or federal mandates.

Kathleen Smith
Senior Associate
Hazen and Sawyer

Kathleen's experience is primarily focused on collections system and wastewater facility planning, including managing the development and analysis of complex collection system models to identify and solve local flooding issues. Kathleen employs sustainable measures such as green infrastructure with a watershed-based approach to achieve stream protection and water quality goals.

Co-Authors (if applicable)

• Stephanie Ishii
• Hazen and Sawyer
   

• Chad Roby
• Jacobs
   

• Kiley Grilliot
• Hazen and Sawyer
   

• Abby Bollinger
• Hazen and Sawyer
   

• Dustin West
• Hazen and Sawyer