{"data":{"id":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-6109.071","jurisdiction":"us-oh","citation":"Ohio Rev. Code § 6109.071","heading":"Decrease in public water system pumping rates.","body":"(A) As used in this section and section 6109.072 of the Revised Code:\n(1) \"Public water system well\" means a well for use by a public water system.\n(2) \"Well\" means any excavation by digging, boring, drilling, driving, or other method for the purpose of removing ground water from an aquifer. \"Well\" does not include a private water system well or a monitoring well.\n(B) The director of environmental protection may require a public water system to decrease its pumping rates if either of the following applies:\n(1) The public water system is pumping at a rate that is drawing or has the potential to draw contaminants into the public water system or a public water system well.\n(2) The chief of the division of water resources in the department of natural resources revokes, suspends, or amends a permit issued under section 1521.29 or 1522.12 of the Revised Code or requires a decrease in withdrawal with respect to either such permit.","path":["Title 61 Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches","Chapter 6109 Safe Drinking Water"],"source_url":"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-6109.071","current_through":"2019-10-17 (House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:24:42Z","sha256":"8bf098ac8fc4ed31b047f266ed6990c43e9c3f4c7879769b686b3abdb752eaa1","source_id":"us-oh","stale":false,"prev":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-6109.07","next":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-6109.072"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}