Source Water Assessment and Protection Guide Available from Groundwater Foundation
A workshop guide presenting "An Introduction to Drinking Water Source Assessment and Protection" is available free from The Groundwater Foundation (TGF).
The guide is designed to help communities learn more about drinking water source assessment and protection (or SWAP).
Anyone interested in groundwater, surface water and/or drinking water quality and quantity is a potential workshop presenter and can receive workshop presenter materials. These include a detailed workshop guide, overheads and handouts highlighting and describing the drinking water source assessment and protection process.
Steps involved in drinking water source assessment include:
- Identifying the drinking water source;
- Identifying sources of potential contamination;
- Assessing how susceptible the drinking water source is to contamination; and
- Making drinking water source assessments available to the public. This assessment information can then be used to develop a comprehensive drinking water source protection program.
TGF's source water assessment and protection booklet may be used as a primer to introduce workshop participants to the process prior to the workshop or as a workshop summary. For a free copy of the workshop guide or booklet, call (800) 858-4844 or e-mail guardian@groundwater.org
