COLUMBUS, Ohio ( WCMH ) — The state is putting millions of dollars into ensuring clean water in Ohio.
A program called H2Ohio is expanding and hoping to reach across the entire state, meaning wetland, water and sewer projects, and making farming more sustainable.
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What farmers are doing at farms involved in the program is work that will improve waterways across the state, keeping the dirt in place so rivers and streams run clean.
Jan Layman has owned and worked his farm in Hardin County for 39 years. It’s a corn and soybean farm and the work can have a big impact on water.
“We’ve got to do what we can to make sure soil stays on the land where it should be and not in the waterways,” Layman said.
There are a few ways to tackle the problem.
“Water runoff takes silt with it, which takes nutrients with it, which ends up in the lake, which causes an algae bloom,” Layman said.