New Text, photos, and updates for Wellhead Protection Citizen Brochure (May 12, 2004):

A. Cover is ok, but will need to update Purdue logos.

B.First panel, left inside:

under Indiana’s Wellhead Protection Rule:

Text should read, “Indiana’s wellhead protection rule (327 IAC 8-4.1) was signed in 1997 and comprises two phases. Phase I required all community public water suppliers to develop a wellhead protection plan with local community input by March 2002. A copy of this plan is available for public viewing from your water supplier, or local library. Phase II now requires public water suppliers to implement the approved wellhead protection plan, and this includes on-going public education.”

C.Middle and Right inside panels: eliminate the background photo.

Under theWellhead Protection Planning Process, change this to read “The Wellhead Protection Process”

The key bullet points should read as follows:

  1. Your Local Wellhead Protection Planning Team (plus photo of “team”?)

Your local public water supplier was required to form a team of citizen volunteers representing a cross-section of the community; including public officials, teachers, farmers, community leaders, emergency personnel, residents and other concerned citizens. The team was responsible for developing the phase I wellhead protection plan, and is currently responsible for implementing this plan in phase II.

  1. The Wellhead Protection Area

The team had to determine the size and shape of the area near the well that should be protected and managed. For systems pumping more than 100,000 gallons per day the area defined protects a five-year supply of ground water. For systems pumping less than this amount, the wellhead protection area can be defined using a 3,000 foot radius area around the wells.

Here have an editable region displaying a default graphic of a delineated wellhead area. The graphic can be replaced with the local water supplier’s own wellhead protection area map.

  1. Potential Contaminant Sources

Part of the phase I plan includes past and present potential sources of contamination. The types of inventoried sources include any facilities that use, transfer, or store materials that could be hazardous to a drinking water supply. The wellhead protection plan includes methods to manage these potential contaminant sources.

  1. Managing the Wellhead Protection Area

This requires the cooperation of residents and businesses in the wellhead area to adopt voluntary best management practices. However, zoning and regulatory actions are management options that local officials also may implement.

  1. What if the Wellhead Protection Area Becomes Disrupted?

The team has developed a contingency plan in the event of natural disaster, or other disruption such as contamination within the wellhead area. This contingency plan provides a back-up in case of disruption of the water supply, and how to deal with an emergency event.

Rather than number 6, have “Where You Can Get More Information” Move this from outside panel to beneath number 5.

a. Make the second bullet editable so that local water suppliers can type in their own contact information.

b. Also list the Drinking Water Watch Search Engine web site for citizen access to your drinking water supplier water monitoring results

c. Also list how to contact their local Solid Waste Management District for recycling hazardous products info?

D. What You Can Do (this one can be extended down the full panel and include some graphics)

Add this text: Wellhead protection depends on your efforts to prevent pollution. Here are some actions you can take to better protect your drinking water supply…

  • If not properly handled, used motor oil can get into the ground water supply, causing serious contamination problems. Take used motor oil to a recycling depot. Do not use it to reduce dust on roads and driveways, and don’t use it as a weed killer.
  • Anti-freeze is toxic to animals and people, and can easily contaminate ground water if allowed to seep into the ground. Never pour antifreeze into gutters, storm drains, or on the ground…take it to a recycling depot.
  • Never pour hazardous chemicals onto the ground, or into storm drains. The chemicals can find their way into the ground water or local streams and rivers. Take left-over chemicals to your Solid Waste Management district for proper recycling.
  • Limit the use of chemicals, fertilizers, and pesticides, and other hazardous products, and always read and follow the label directions. Instead, use the least toxic product available for lawn and garden pests and weeds. Use mulching and mechanical weeding instead of chemicals.
  • If you have a septic system, make sure it is inspected and serviced every three years. Avoid pouring down the drain or toilet products that will harm your septic system such as diapers, coffee grounds, hazardous chemicals or waste.
  • If there are abandoned wells on your property, then take the proper steps to have these wells plugged. Old wells can provide a direct channel for surface contaminants to reach ground water supplies without being first filtered by the soil.

E.Additional: back panel (middle, or back when closed). Replace picture with photo (below) of the Drinking Water Protection Area sign with caption “Have you seen this sign?” and then, “These signs have been placed along roadways at the edge of the wellhead protection area notifying people they are entering an area under management to protect the drinking water supply.”

Probably can get a better picture of a sign soon…

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