Roughly $125,000 in grants will be given to several cities across the valley to help improve drinking water quality.

The grants will go toward helping these communities pay for equipment to help maintain public drinking distribution systems, according to as news release from DeWine's office.

Overall, 13 entities, including 12 communities and a water district are slated to receive money. This includes Columbiana, Youngstown and Warren.

Columbiana county will get the most financial help with $59,659, followed by Trumbull with $35,559, Mahoning County will get $30,000.

Below is a break down of where the money is going and how much.

COLUMBIANA

  • Columbiana City PWS Columbiana $10,000
  • Lisbon Village PWS Columbiana $10,000
  • New Waterford Village PWS Columbiana $10,000
  • Salem City PWS Columbiana $10,000
  • Buckeye Water District- Ohio River Columbiana $10,000
  • Columbiana County-County Home Rd Columbiana $9,659

MAHONING:

  • Canfield City PWS Mahoning $10,000
  • Sebring Village Mahoning $10,000
  • Youngstown City Mahoning $10,000

TRUMBULL:

  • Warren Mobile Home Park LLC Trumbull $8,749
  • Newton Falls City Trumbull $4,260
  • Niles City Trumbull $4,977
  • West Farmington Village PWS Trumbull $7,598
  • Lordstown Village PWS Trumbull $9,975

The funding is part of a much larger $2.2 million in grants announced by Gov. Mike DeWine. The money will go to helping out more than 250 communities and 78 counties.

Public water systems were eligible to apply for up to $10,000 through H2Ohio. 

This money could be used to buy distribution system equipment like mobile leak detectors, line locators, valve exercisers, flow meters, hydrant condition assessors and more, according to a news release from DeWine's office.

"H2Ohio continues to have a tremendous impact in our communities," said Governor DeWine. "Ohioans deserve to have reliable, clean drinking water, and these H2Ohio grants will help municipalities all over the state make needed investments to their local drinking water systems."