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The Foundation for Ohio River Education is the 501c(3) nonprofit affiliate of the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO). ORSANCO is an interstate commission representing eight states and the federal government, working cooperatively, to protect water quality in the Ohio River Basin. Member states include Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. ORSANCO performs monitoring, assessment, pollution abatement, and public information dissemination to ensure the Ohio River can be used for drinking water after reasonable treatment, industrial supplies, and recreational purposes, as well as, support a healthy and diverse aquatic habitat. ORSANCO provides extensive water quality programs such as source water protection; comprehensive surface water quality monitoring and assessment; aquatic life and habitat monitoring and evaluation; bacteria monitoring; public information; and environmental educational and outreach activities.