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DeWine's H2Ohio program survives massive coronavirus cuts

from Toledo Blade via Norwalk Reflector

DeWine's H2Ohio program survives massive coronavirus cuts Toledo Blade via Norwalk Reflector Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's much-ballyhooed H2Ohio program appears to be coming through the coronavirus pandemic relatively unscathed, despite a recent announcement by the governor that $775 million must be cut from state spending over the next two months — mostly in education and Medicaid. The H2Ohio program, funded at $172 million for its first two years, is losing relatively little and, in the case of state-subsidized agriculture programs, will actually have more money to spend than people were led to believe when the program was approved by the Ohio General Assembly in 2019. The program is the cornerstone of the administration's efforts to address not only western Lake Erie's chronic algal blooms, but also water quality issues in other parts of the state, from lead contaminated pipelines to pollution within the Ohio River watershed, as well as several inland bodies of water, such as Grand Lake St. Marys. READ MORE

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