Consider The Source: A Pocket Guide to Protecting Your Drinking Water: Drinking Water Pocket Guide #3

"Consider The Source: A Pocket Guide to Protecting Your Drinking Water" is now available! The Guide is #3 in a series of pocket-sized outreach and assistance publications from EPA's Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water (OGWDW) designed to heighten public awareness of the importance of protecting source waters used for drinking water. Based on OGWDW's multiple-barrier approach to drinking water assessment and protection, the Guide includes a discussion of CWA- and SDWA-based regulatory and voluntary resources, tools, and management measures available to States and local governments and consumers, as well as accessible financing sources for enhancing existing protection programs and future plans. The Guide also includes discussions of integrating UIC program efforts with the Source Water Assessment and Protection Programs, milestones for completion of source water assessments and transitioning to protection, and available Best Management Practices for source water protection areas. The booklet can be downloaded below or ordered by calling the Safe Drinking Water hotline at (800) 426-4791.

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