Mr. Jason Heath

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  www.herald-dispatch.com/news/x678485036/Officials-to-st - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/23/2009    Last Visited: 2/23/2009  

  Jason Heath, the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission's manager of water monitoring, assessment and standards, said ingestion of the polluted water can lead to gastroenteritis, which can result in vomiting, diarrhea and fever.
  
  Heath said higher amounts of fecal coliform and E. coli. found in the river typically means that more human fecal matter is present in a particular section of the river.
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  Once the study is finished and the sources of the bacteria are identified, Heath said it will be up to the state agencies to enforce the reduction of bacteria.
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  Though the study will not create any new regulatory authority, Heath said it will help state agencies identify where bacteria is coming from, if portions of the river have higher concentrations of bacteria and what bacteria are in the river.
  
  "The overall goal is to make the river safe," Heath said.

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  www.southernillinoisan.com/articles/2009/01/09/local/27 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/1/2009    Last Visited: 1/14/2009  

  Jason Heath, manager of the water assessment programs for ORSANCO said a project was recently conducted on the entirety of the Ohio River, which starts in Pittsburgh, Pa. and ends in Cairo.
  
  "There are, from time to time, levels of bacteria that exceed the standards that protect swimmers," Heath said. "There are several segments of the Ohio River near Golconda that listed as bacteria having raised levels."
  
  "Levels of E. coli are the indicator that we use to show the presence of human sewage levels that are high," Heath explained.
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  Heath and Dinkins said the commission will investigate the cause of the high bacterial levels.
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  "We will tell them you can discharge no more than this amount in order that the river remains safe," Heath said.
  
  Heath said he couldn't say whether or not people should be concerned about the bacteria, calling it a personal choice whether or not they would continue to use the river while levels are high.

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  www.news-tribune.net/floydcounty/local_story_158102423. - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/7/2008    Last Visited: 6/7/2008  

  The idea for the study goes back to 2006, when the commission attempted to lower bacteria standards when the river was moving more than 2 mph, said Jason Heath, program manager for the commission.
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  The standard is 240 E. coli colonies per 100-milliliter sample, said Heath.There was a proposal that would have raised the standard to 400 colonies per sample.
  
  The commission reviews and revises its bacteria standards every three years, Heath said.Both of those proposals could be back up for consideration depending on the findings of the recreational-use survey.
  
  "We want to let the survey drive the standards," he said.
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  Heath noted that field surveys would be done after the phone calls are made as a means of validating the survey's results.

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  ww.pennnet.com/news/display_news_story.cfm?Section=Wire - [Cached Version]
  Last Visited: 1/20/2009  

  Jason Heath, manager of ORSANCO's monitoring, assessment and standards program, said bacteria found in the Ohio comes mainly from sewage treatment plants that mix storm water and sewage, which overflows into the river during wet weather.

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  Baltic Sea Watersheds Forum - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/9/2007    Last Visited: 8/9/2007  

  NAME: Jason Heath
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  Mr. Heath can be contacted at jheath@orsanco.org.

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  Dioxin levels in Ohio River near Evansville to be... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/27/2002    Last Visited: 4/27/2002  

  Jason Heath, the commission's manager of monitoring, assessment and standards, said he expects to find high levels of dioxins -- associated with reproductive disorders and development problems -- in the sampling near Evansville.

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  Forum on water pollution set - PittsburghLIVE.com - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 5/25/2005    Last Visited: 5/25/2005  

  The workshop will be conducted from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Southwest Regional Office, 500 Waterfront Drive, on Herrs Island, according to Jason Heath, manager of the commission's assessment and standards programs.
  
  The commission is a nonprofit agency created in 1948 by Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Illinois, New York and the U.S. government to set pollution control standards for the Ohio River and its tributaries.
  
  "There's really two sides to it: To what level do you want to protect the Ohio River in terms of bacteria, and at what cost?"Heath said.

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  ORSANCO - Employment Opportunities - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/2/2001    Last Visited: 7/27/2006  

  Contact: Jason Heath or Sam Dinkins
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  Mail resumes to Jason Heath or Sam Dinkins at :

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  ORSANCO - Water Quality Protection - [Cached Version]
  Last Visited: 12/13/2008  

  For more information on the wet weather project, please contact ORSANCO Public Information Department or Jason Heath

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  Ohio River Watershed Summit - [Cached Version]
  Last Visited: 6/8/2009  

  Jason Heath, ORSANCO
  
  Economic Benefits of Clean Water (PDF)

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