Ohio Revised Code Title LXI. Water Supply Sanitation Ditches § 6109.35

(1) “Water supplier” means an entity that is subject to this chapter and rules adopted under it and that supplies drinking water through pipes, through tubing, or in a similar manner to consumers within this state.

(2) “Acquiring water supplier” means a water supplier that satisfies both of the following:

(3) “Drinking water standards” means safe drinking water standards established by the environmental protection agency under this chapter or established by the United States environmental protection agency under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

(1) Enters into a written agreement with the environmental protection agency to bring the water system into compliance with drinking water standards within a specified period of time;

(2) Brings the water system into compliance with drinking water standards within the time period agreed to under division (B)(1) of this section.

(1) During the period of time that the water supplier supplies water to the person, the water supplied by the water supplier meets all applicable drinking water standards.

(2) The water supplier has not been found to be in significant noncompliance with drinking water standards.

(3) The injury, death, or loss to person or property is alleged to be caused by a substance for which drinking water standards have been established.

(D)(1) This section does not create a new cause of action or substantive legal right against a water supplier.

(2) This section does not affect any immunities from civil liability or defenses established by another section of the Revised Code or available at common law to which a water supplier may be entitled under circumstances not covered by this section.

(3) This section does not create immunity from civil liability for violations of section 6109.31 of the Revised Code.