Internship Report with Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission

The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission
(ORSANCO) is an interstate agency that was created in
1948, a time when the Ohio River was heavily
polluted. The Ohio River and its tributaries is
shared by at least eight states and the main
challenge at the time was that individual states only
had jurisdiction within their boundaries and no
control over what the other states did. It was,
therefore, necessary to have a governing body whose
regulations would apply to all states, hence the
creation of ORSANCO. The agency has offices based in
Cincinnati Ohio and a staff that implements the
programs set forth by the commission. This report
provides a brief overview of many of the programs
undertaken in order to monitor and control the water
quality of the Ohio River as well as inform the
public about the state of the river.

Autorentext
I was born and brought up in Kenya. I got my BSc at the University of Nairobi, and worked for a consulting firm in Nairobi for one year. I got a full scholarship and went do a masters in Environment and Development at the University of Cambridge. I'm currently pursuing a PhD in Botany at Miami University in the United States.

Klappentext
The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO) is an interstate agency that was created in 1948, a time when the Ohio River was heavily polluted. The Ohio River and its tributaries is shared by at least eight states and the main challenge at the time was that individual states only had jurisdiction within their boundaries and no control over what the other states did. It was, therefore, necessary to have a governing body whose regulations would apply to all states, hence the creation of ORSANCO. The agency has offices based in Cincinnati Ohio and a staff that implements the programs set forth by the commission. This report provides a brief overview of many of the programs undertaken in order to monitor and control the water quality of the Ohio River as well as inform the public about the state of the river.