News: Exhibit taps into importance of water in central Ohio

The Columbus Dispatch wrote:

Hydro dynamic: Exhibit taps into importance of water in central Ohio

Sunday, July 27, 2008 3:21 AM

By Bill Eichenberger

In the mid-1800s, water was central to the lives of Ohioans: The state bustled with canal travel, every city of note was situated next to Lake Erie or a river, and many a factory was fueled by water power.

Today, it seems, we central Ohioans barely notice our water.

We take for granted the Downtown riverfront. We often mistake the Olentangy for the Scioto. We rarely travel on either river.

"Ways of Knowing Water," an exhibit continuing Downtown through Aug. 30 in the Ohio State University Urban Arts Space, seeks to remind us how crucial water is to life and how splendid the waterways of central Ohio can be to the attentive eye... Read More.

( Photo: Visitors to the "Ways of Knowing Water" exhibit view a video of the Olentangy River by Elizabeth Gerdeman and George C. Anderson. JEFF HINCKLEY | Dispatch photos)

"Back in 1908, a third of the population died of water-borne diseases. And in the middle of a typhoid breakout, we decided to do something about that, plain and simple." Conrade Hinds
Columbus Division of Water