An aquifer is a body of porous rock or sediment saturated with groundwater.

GCSED has designed and implemented a drinking water source protection plan with the guidance from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. This plan addresses: (1) educating residents and decision makers about protecting the source water; (2) including source water concerns in the system’s contingency plan; and (3) strategies to reduce the risk posed by specific potential contaminant sources.

As a homeowner, we encourage you to learn about things that can be done around your home to help protect your drinking water resources. These include:

• limiting the use of pesticides, fertilizers, and other lawn chemicals;
• not pouring chemicals down the drain;
• recycling used motor oil and antifreeze;
• cleaning up animal waste, and having septic systems inspected regularly.