Operation Dry Water Results

The ODNR Division of Watercraft was among a number of marine enforcement agencies that participated June 24-26 in a nationwide crackdown on impaired boating known as Operation Dry Water. Officers contacted 1,907 recreational boaters and made eight arrests for boating while intoxicated. A total of 112 other alcohol and boating-related violations were issued in addition to 503 boating safety warnings. No boating-related fatalities or other critical incidents were recorded on state waterways during Operation Dry Water in Ohio.

In 2010, state watercraft officers contacted 3,810 boaters and made 11 arrests for boating while intoxicated during the Operation Dry Water enforcement weekend. A total of 198 other alcohol and boating-related violations were issued in addition to 754 warnings.

Operation Dry Water, developed and organized through the National Association of Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA), is expected again to take place the last weekend of June in 2012.