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Environmental justice and public participation: Implementing source water protection in eastern Ontario
… call is explored through the lens of the Ontario Source Water Protection (SWP) Initiative in the Raisin Region Source Protection Area. As Source Water Protection is ongoing, it provides an outstanding opportunity to observe the implementation of public participation within a decision-making …
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Local capacity to implement a source water protection plan in the South Saskatchewan River watershed
Following a number of waterborne disease outbreaks in Canada, the water resource management literature draws attention to source water protection (SWP). Source water protection is a drinking water management approach that attempts to improve drinking water quality by preventing contamination of …
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CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PLAN IMPLEMENTATION IN SASKATCHEWAN: LESSONS FOR CAPACITY BUILDING
Source water protection (SWP) is defined as a land use management and planning process aimed at the protection of surface and groundwater sources from contamination. Currently in Saskatchewan, the Water Security Agency is leading much of the planning and management with the goal of safe drinking …
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Developing a Source Water Protection Plan for Boron in the San Luis Obispo County Water Supply
… project is to design a feasible way to develop a protection plan for boron in the surface waters and groundwater of San Luis Obispo County. Boron is a micronutrient needed by all plants and animals but the threshold for toxicity in plants is narrow. As the need for water increases and the …
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GIS for source water assessment and nonpoint source modeling in the Las Vegas Valley
… understanding of issues related to surface water contamination and protection of drinking water sources in the Las Vegas Valley. A Geographic Information System (GIS) was used to identify source water protection zones and to estimate nonpoint source loads for the entire watershed; The extent …
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A system model for source water assessment in the Las Vegas Valley
The 1996 amendment to the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974 created the Source Water Assessment Program (SWAP) with an objective to evaluate potential sources of contamination to drinking water intakes. The development of a Source Water Assessment Plan for Las Vegas Valley surface water runoff into …
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Land Cover as a Predictor of Safe Drinking Water Act Violations in Central Appalachia
… to health risks from contaminated drinking water. Upstream anthropogenic land covers have been linked with the degradation of source drinking water quality and likely pose a threat to a community water system's (CWS's) ability to provide safe drinking water. The goal of this study was to …
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Rock Outcrops in the Canadian Shield: an Investigation of Contaminant Transport From Surface Sources in Fractured Rock Aquifers
… The study consists of a regional scale groundwater quality study, an infiltration experiment that considers bacteria transport from the ground surface to a well, and a numerical modelling study that tests the parameters that affect surface infiltration of a tracer from a rock outcrop to a …
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Atrazine Contamination in a Rural Source-Water Supply: Spa Lake, Lewisburg, Kentucky
… worked in collaboration with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Drinking Water Protection Division, to investigate methods to improve source-water quality for rural-water supply systems (RWSS). Through partial funding from the EPA, WKU developed a Technical Assistance Center for Water …
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Beyond Water Regulation: Contamination of Private Wells, Citizen Science, and Corrosion of Household Plumbing
The US Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), established in 1974, has improved water quality nationwide through the introduction of maximum contaminant levels, source water protection, and treatment guidelines and requirements. Despite the obvious success many important water quality issues are not …