Groundwater is critical to communities in southwest Ohio - for most, it is the only available source of water for residential, commercial, and industrial water needs.  This reliance creates a special incentive to protect valuable groundwater resources in order to insure a clean, reliable source of water for continued community growth.

In 1991, seven major public, private, and industrial groundwater producers in southern Butler and northern Hamilton Counties, Ohio, began working on a joint groundwater     protection program known as the Wellhead Protection Program (WHPP).  The multi-jurisdictional, multiple supplier  approach taken by Hamilton to New Baltimore Groundwater Consortium was one of Ohio's first.

The purpose of this web page is to help those who depend on groundwater for their drinking water have a better understanding of:

• What groundwater is;
  
• How groundwater can become contaminated;
  
• The Consortium's Wellhead Protection Program;
  
• What you can do to help protect your drinking water source.
  

• The Consortium's Water Quality Reports,
  
• The Butler County Water Festival,
  
• Groundwater information for teachers, and
  
• Links to other exciting groundwater web sites!
  

Last update 10/26/01