[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 14834]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




IN RECOGNITION OF HEIDELBERG COLLEGE AND ITS NATIONALLY RENOWNED WATER 
                           QUALITY LABORATORY

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                          HON. PAUL E. GILLMOR

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 24, 2002

  Mr. GILLMOR. Mr. Speaker, to encourage stewardship of our nation's 
water resources, and in honor of the 30th Anniversary of the Clean 
Water Act, Congress, along with a number of the country's governors and 
national organizations, has proclaimed 2002 as the Year of Clean Water. 
This October 18 marks National Water Monitoring Day, the day the Clean 
Water Act of 1972 was signed into law.
  In anticipation of this date, it is with great pride that I rise 
today to recognize Heidelberg College and its nationally renowned Water 
Quality Laboratory. This outstanding institution of higher education, 
located in Ohio's Fifth Congressional District, has been working over 
the past 33 years to provide invaluable water quality research data, 
further protecting and restoring our rivers, streams, wetlands, lakes, 
and groundwater.
  Heidelberg's Water Quality Laboratory is a unique monitoring, 
research, and educational organization with a mission to conduct 
research supporting state and federal water quality management 
programs. At the state level, in recognition of the lab's many years of 
service to Ohio and Lake Erie, the Water Quality Laboratory received a 
special Ohio Lake Erie Commission Award in 1999.
  The Water Quality Laboratory is nationally and internationally 
recognized in scientific circles for the quality of its research and 
the great detail of its databases on water quality. Among U.S. studies 
on water quality in agricultural watersheds, Heidelberg's is the most 
detailed and longest in duration. The Water Quality Laboratory's well 
water program is unique in focusing on private rural well conditions. 
Scientists and government agencies frequently request data from these 
programs. On several occasions, the lab has provided the majority of 
the data available to examine regional or national water quality issues 
and implications for our environment and human health. Staff members 
are frequently consulted by both government and industry for their 
expertise in the interpretation of water quality data.
  The college has currently undertaken an expansion of its Water 
Quality Laboratory facilities and is poised to make even greater 
contributions to the state of our nation's water quality in years to 
come.
  Mr. Speaker, in this Year of Clean Water, Heidelberg's continued 
efforts to protect our nation's water resources should not go 
unnoticed. For that, we owe Heidelberg College our recognition, 
gratitude, and congratulations. I would urge my colleagues to stand and 
join me in paying special tribute to Heidelberg College and its 
nationally renowned Water Quality Laboratory, by designating the Water 
Quality Laboratory the National Center for Water Quality Research.

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