Here comes the flood: Water is about to be a life force for innovation in Northern Kentucky.
Regulators from Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana signed a landmark agreement this month aimed at making Greater Cincinnati more attractive location for water technology companies.
The multi-state memorandum of understanding has been brokered over the past two years by Confluence, a nonprofit working to make the broader Dayton-Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky region an international hub for water technology research and commercialization. It was signed on January 16.
Reports the Cincinnati
Business Courier:
Prior to the agreement, a company that wanted to test some new water technology had to apply for permits one state at a time, jumping through the same regulatory hoops over and over. This agreement allows Confluence to work with companies to complete testing that can be approved by all three states at once – dramatically speeding time to market. It also should help state agencies, which struggle with the manpower to process such approvals, said Ohio EPA Director Scott Nally, a big supporter of the MOU.
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