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Drinking Water Source Assessment and Protection

Are you interested or concerned about your drinking water?  Find out the answers to all these questions:  What is drinking water supply protection?  Why protect my drinking water supply?  What can I do to protect my drinking water?  What are the threats to my drinking water?  Where does my drinking water come from?  What is susceptibility analysis; how is it done; what does it mean?

Overview:  What is drinking water supply protection?   Assessment of your drinking water supply is required by law and state's have assessed your drinking water.  Learn about the requirements and assessment process.

Why protect drinking water supplies?  Protecting your drinking water supplies can help protect your health, the environment and your local economy.

What can I do to protect my drinking water?   Whether you are a homeowner, developer, local government or a representing a community, there is a role for you in protecting your drinking water.

What are the threats to my drinking water?   There are typical threats to all water supplies, such as bacteria; but, there are also assessments about your specific drinking water supply.

Where does my water come from?  View maps of your drinking water supply area or download data to help you make your own maps if you have a geographic information system.

What is Susceptibility Analysis?   What is it?  How are drinking water supply areas delineated?  How are inventories of potential contaminant sources performed?  How is a susceptibility analysis done?  Find your county's susceptibility analysis report.

Susceptibility Analysis Report:  Find the report for your water supply.
 
Consumer Confidence Report Susceptibility Summary:  Download your susceptibility analysis summary for your water system into your next Consumer Confidence Report. 

Protection Tools:  Learn about requirements or protection options for different types of activities and potential contaminant threats in your supply area.