COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has redefined where you boat and fish.
Griggs Reservoir is keeping its name, but technically, it is no longer a reservoir or river.
Even though it is part of the Scioto River, it’s now being called a lake.
The Ohio EPA recently determined that the body of water is not only a lake, but an inland lake.
O’Shaughnessy is in the same situation.
Griggs is the new benchmark for the definition in Ohio of the difference between a lake and river.
The six-mile stretch of the Scioto River known as Griggs became a lake because it fits the definition of having a depository for nutrients, suspended solids and chemicals from the surrounding landscape.
As a lake, the state will be able to use federal money to test it – as part of a $170,000 grant.
So what does the new classification mean for visitors?
At first, officials said it shouldn’t make much of a difference.
The Department of Natural Resources said there are really no differences in recreational boating for a lake and river of its size.
Eventually, the lake should be more analyzed and perhaps cleaner.
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