West Virginia Rivers Coalition (WVRC) and its neighbors in Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, and other states have spent a large part of our time during the past year working to stop a proposal by the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO) that would have lowered water quality standards for the entire length of the Ohio River-- 981 miles-- by allowing more sewage-related bacteria into the river during periods of heavy rain, snowmelt, and high water.