This agreement provides funding to orsanco to carry out its program to maintain, protect, and improve the water quality of its rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater, and other waterbodies

The environmental benefits of this program include preventing degradation of unimpaired waterbodies and reducing the number of impaired waterbodies in the state.activities:activities include bimonthly and clean metals sampling, survey of currently unmonitored pollutants with exisiting water quality standards at fixed ohio river stations, and standardized biotic and abiotic data collection from streams and rivers in/or near the ohio river basin.subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:anticipated deliverables and expected outcomes include: development of ohio river flows data base in preparation for use in 305(b) assessments, evaluation of currently unmonitored pollutants with associated water quality criteria, and collection of requisite data for the assessment of our nation's lotic waterways. The direct beneficiaries of the agreement are the residents of the ohio river.