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Lake Erie West Regional Council 208 Plan

Areawide Water Quality Management Plan

A comprehensive document outlining what we as a community will do to meet the goals of the Clean Water Act with regard to sanitary sewers, wastewater treatment, and stormwater management.

208 Plan and List of Substantive Changes for 2026

Chapter 1 ‐ AREAWIDE OVERVIEW – No Changes
Chapter 2 ‐ DESCRIPTION OF PLANNING AREA – No Changes
Chapter 3 ‐ TMACOG WATER QUALITY POLICIES – No Changes
Chapter 4 ‐ FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS AND LAKE ERIE WEST POSITION STATEMENTS – No Changes. Chapter to be archived following 208 Comprehensive Update
Chapter 5 ‐ PUBLIC WASTEWATER TREATMENT – Update- In Progress
Chapter 6- FACILITY PLANNING AREAS- New Chapter, FPA Updates
Chapter 7 ‐ ON‐SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT – No Changes
Chapter 8 ‐ AGRICULTURE, DRAINAGE, AND HABITAT – Update- In Progress
Chapter 9 ‐ STORMWATER MANAGEMENT – No Changes
Chapter 10 – PUBLIC DRINKING WATER – No Changes

Updated Chapters- Chapter 6- FACILITY PLANNNING AREAS                   
SANDUSKY COUNTY FPAS

2026 Summary of Changes



208 Plan: Individual Chapters, Appendices, and FPA Summaries

Background

The Lake Erie West Regional Council Areawide Water Quality Management Plan is a comprehensive document created under the structure of the Clean Water Act of 1972. It is a statement on behalf of our region (Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, and Wood counties in Ohio and Bedford, Erie, and Whiteford townships of Monroe County in Michigan) as to what we — all of us — will do to meet the goals of the Clean Water Act.

This document is called a 208 Plan because Areawide Water Quality Management Planning comes from Section 208 of the Act. In Ohio, there are six Areawide agencies that maintain 208 Plans for regions around major cities. All six of these Areawide Plans are part of the Ohio’s State-wide Water Quality Management Plan.

Lake Erie West Regional Council's 208 Plan is updated annually in cooperation with all the planning areas and management agencies in the region. It is modified to remain current with changes in environmental law and regulation, and with regard to information on the region’s water quality and local infrastructure needs.

For more information on coordinating the 208 Plan, contact Lake Erie West Regional Council Program Manager, Water Quality, Melissa Hopfer

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Lake Erie West Regional Council

Lake Erie West Regional Council, formerly Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments, is a nonpartisan regional planning partnership made up of voluntary governmental members in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan. Our members work on transportation, water quality, and other economic development endeavors that affect quality of life for everyone in our region.

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