Ohio Water Facts
- Two-thirds of Ohio's borders are water (Lake Erie and the Ohio River)
- Ohio Enjoys more than 61,000 miles of rivers and streams
- Ohio has more than 125,000 lakes, reservoirs and ponds covering nearly 265,000 acres
- Ohio has approximately 480,000 acres of wetlands
- Almost half of all Ohioans depend on ground water for drinking
- Nonpoint sources such as poorly maintained septic systems, animal waste and pesticide runoff, and physical alteration of streams, are now among the greatest threats to Ohio's water quality
- Ohio drains into both the Great Lakes and Mississippi basins
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