Welcome to the home of the Coalition of Ohio Regional Districts (CORD). CORD is a non-profit association established to assist, protect and advance the interests of Ohio’s Regional Water and Sewer Districts, also known as "6119 districts". CORD was established by John Albers and Eric Luckage of Albers and Albers, a Columbus, Ohio law firm which has established and represents numerous regional districts across the state.

CORD was established for three primary reasons. The first is to encourage legislation favorable to districts. Every year, Bills are introduced in the Ohio General Assembly which have negative consequences for regional districts, such as current House Bill 103. As with this Bill, CORD will seek to modify or defeat such legislation. Conversely, CORD will seek to implement legislation advantageous to districts and their customers, such as our recent amendment of O.R.C. 505.705, which clarified the ability of Townships to contribute money toward planning and constructing district water, sewer and storm water projects. Secondly, CORD will be an information and networking resource for regional districts, enabling member districts to share information, forms, contracts, strategies, policies, rules, etc. Lastly, we intend to utilize CORD to advance the interests of districts with state and federal agencies, including the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, the Ohio Water Development Authority, the State Auditor’s office, the Ohio Public Works Commission and USDA Rural Development.

CORD is not intended to replace other associations, only supplement them. In fact, CORD was formed with the encouragement of the Ohio Rural Water Association. Some issues are unique to regional districts and a voice dedicated solely to their interests is needed. We have always worked closely with the ORWA, which is an excellent organization, and we encourage membership in BOTH the ORWA and CORD.

CORD's eleven person Board of Directors has been named and a list of the Board members can be seen by clicking on the link above.

As CORD grows, we hope this site will grow too. Thank you for visiting.