Among the top-paid Ohio state employees are correction officers, nurses, transportation engineers, hazardous material inspection specialists and psychiatrists.
Unlike Michigan, the buckeye state regulates septic systems and provides money to fix the ones leaking sewage into waterways. Could such a program in Michigan address the pollution that fouls our lakes and streams?
WOOSTER The latest COVID-19 data comes with the flush of a toilet.
The city’s wastewater treatment plant is one of 62 facilities in Ohio taking part in a statewide study that takes samples of wastewater to look for the presence of gene copies/fragments of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
“Participating in the statewide COVID testing falls in line with our goal of being responsible and helping out in any way that we can,” said Nathan Coey, Wooster’s utilities manager.
The study is providing communities another way to track the spread of COVID-19 before cases can be reported by testing people with symptoms, an indicator that lags behind the actual spread of the disease, according to the Ohio Department of Health.