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Residents urge county to scrutinize data‑center impacts as public comment flags EPA draft permit
Summary
During public comment at the March 5 Washington County commissioners meeting, residents warned that a draft Ohio EPA permit could allow data centers to discharge heated, untreated water harmful to fish and urged protection of farmland from data‑center development.
Residents and local advocates used the March 5 public‑comment period to press commissioners about environmental and land‑use concerns tied to data centers.
Barbara Stewart told the board that “the Ohio EPA has issued a draft permit to allow data centers to release untreated water,” adding that the heated discharge removes oxygen from receiving waters and is harmful to fish. Jennifer Duskey said those environmental impacts outweigh the…
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