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Show ohio 593 search relating to water pollution control.7 The board is empowered to initiate legal action to secure compliance with any orders issued by it and with the provisions of the act.8 The department of health also has responsibilities relating to water quality control and public water supply. This authority ex- tends to the control of public water supplies, including fluoridation,9 and the regulation of private sewer systems.10 Apart from the statutory control over water quality, the individual riparian owner is entitled, under the riparian rights doctrine, to receive the waters of a stream without an unreasonable deterioration in the quality of the water. An action may be maintained to recover damages for past injury to property resulting from water pollution and injunctive proceedings may be initiated to prevent future im- pairment.11 The common law rights of riparian owners are expressly preserved in the water pollution control act.12 b. OTHER WATER RESOURCE RESPONSIBILITIES Except for water quality control, which is discussed above, the division of water (a division within the department of natural re- sources) is the agency primarily responsible for water resource management in Ohio.13 The functions of the division include the regulation of dam, dike and levee construction; the construction and management of State water projects; and the regulation of water well drilling. The division also has the power and duty to (1) col- lect, study, and interpret information pertaining to the use and conservation of the State's surface and underground water supplies, (2) inventory the water resources in the State in order to develop watershed use plans, (3) designate boundaries of watershed districts within the State, and (4) furnish the information assembled and developed to public officials and agencies and to individuals or or- ganizations requesting it.14 A permit must be obtained from the division prior to the con- struction of a dam in a watercourse, or before the construction of a dike or levee to divert or retain floodwaters. The division may pre- scribe any conditions or specifications for the construction of the project which are deemed necessary to protect the safety and welfare of the people of the State. A surety bond in an amount equal to 50 percent of the estimated cost of the project must be provided in order to insure that the requirements of the permit are complied with. A permit may be denied if it is determined that the project would endanger life or property or for other necessary reasons. The construction of the project must be inspected by a registered profes- sional engineer and inspection reports filed with the division. Also, the chief of the division may inspect the project himself to make 7 Sees. 6111.03 (B) and (E). s Sees. 6111.07 and 6111.03 (K) and (N). 8 Sees. 6111.12 to 6111.30. 10 Ohio Revised Code, ch. 6112. 11 See Straight v. Hover, 79 Ohio St. 263, 87 N.E. 174 (1909) ; Vian v. Sheffield Bldg. & Dev. Co., 85 Ohio App. 191, 88 N.E. 2d 410 (1948). is Sec. 6111.08. "Sec. 1521.02. M See. 1521.04. |