8 | The City of Dayton
comprehensive, multi-jurisdictional Source
Water Protection Program complemented
by land use and controlled zoning require-
ments, monitoring of business operations
as well as groundwater conditions, chemical
inventory reporting, time-critical investiga-
tions and ongoing studies which have fre-
quently prompted updates to the program.
The program encompasses more than 6,000
acres which spreads even into neighboring
communities, fostering focused collabora-
tion in ensuring the integrity of the regional
water supply. That program has been in place
since 1988.
More recent sustainability initiatives
were prompted, in part, by the city’s pledge
of support toU.S. Conference ofMayors Cli-
mate Protection Agreement, an ideal forged
in 2005 by mayors throughout the United
States dismayed by the fact the United States
refused to participate in international efforts
to curb greenhouse gas emissions by sign-
ing the Kyoto Protocol. In response, some
141 mayors from America resolved to tackle
challenges within their own respective com-
munities and achieve what the federal gov-
ernment could, or would, not. At least 500
city mayors have since pledged their support
