Source Water Collaborative

Draft List of Potential Actions

Immediate Actions / Proposed Action at Fall SWC Meeting / Post-Meeting Actions
Coming Together for Clean Water /
  • Steering Committee members will:
  • Share their own outreach to their members and with EPA on this issue;
  • Identify possible role for national leadership (i.e., Final version could offer overarching discussion on SWP)
  • Through discussions with the Steering Committee & invited speakers, SWC will identify potential action steps to leverage the Clean Water Act.
/ Ideas might include:
  • Each SWC member communicating key information to their members;
  • Sharing summary of November meeting with EPA leadership for their reference and consideration;
  • Ensuring follow-up and outreach to states;
  • Helping states understand roles they might play.

Nutrients /
  • ASDWA and other Steering Committee members to present key next steps for action since Draft Action Plan for The Task Force has not been developed.
  • SWC to discuss potential SWC actions and priorities on nutrients, and how to leverage Clean Water Act.
  • Invited representatives from NACD to attend SWC meeting to participate in discussion.
/ Long Term Actions TBD at Meeting
Ideas might include:
  • Learning how to target efforts to get states to adopt numeric criteria for nitrate and phosphorous;
  • AWWA to collect information on the cost of nutrient removal; SWC to create summary to post on websites and use to share with their members

EPA’s Drinking Water Strategy /
  • Invite select panelists to help inform interactive discussion among SWC members to define key actions.
  • If EPA releases their decision on contaminant groupings before the November meeting, could invite Eric Burneson or Wynne Miller to discussion.
  • Invited representatives from ASIWPCA to attend SWC meeting to participate in discussion.
/ Resulting Actions TBD at Meeting
Ideas might include:
  • Helping EPA share state data information
  • Provide feedback on contaminant grouping chosen by EPA

Short Term / Potential Action at Future SWC Meeting
Source Water Protection Project (with TPL, ASDWA, SGLI)
  • Provide feedback on how to share lessons learned
  • Other?
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  • After hearing a detailed update on the project, the SWC might help TPL/SGLI/ASDWA to consider the most effective ways to extract lessons learned and share with appropriate audiences.

Water Research Foundation Report – Developing a Vision and Roadmap for SWP for U.S. Drinking Water Utilities
  • Obtain report and start dialogue with WRF
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  • Share information at meeting
  • Engage Stakeholders on Strategy in report that promotes SWP
  • Could be part of SWC reference materials for future SWP clearinghouse

AWWA’s G-300 Standard /
  • AWWA could provide SWC with an update. Could SWC promote to localities?
  • Build on concepts outlined in report
  • Could be part of SWC reference materials for future SWP clearinghouse

Longer Term (Or when more immediate need arises) / Potential Action at Future SWC Meeting / Post-Meeting Actions
Chesapeake Bay /
  • The BMPs developed for nonpoint sources for the Cheasapeake Bay could be promoted nationally (
  • If members have strength in a specific geographic area, there may be an opportunity to use the new tools.
  • Depending on our actions around the nutrients issue, there could be a parallel.

Urban Waters /
  • If specific city is proposed, SWC may choose to align efforts to participate
  • SWC may want to discuss EPA Strategy, which will be available for stakeholder review soon

Climate Change /
  • Climate Ready Utilities Work Group presenting recommendations to Council in late-July. Could SWC distribute these recommendations or help make these more accessible to other groups?
  • Stay on the forefront of climate change issues by gathering relevant resources and collaborating with leaders in the field to be able to provide a clearinghouse for information related to source water issues related to climate change

Healthy Watersheds Initiative /
  • Promote the conservation of healthy watersheds in SWC reference materials and through local models, such as the local strategic forums

From Forest to Faucet /
  • Review national assessment recently completed by the Forest Service prioritizing HUC-12 watersheds across the country in terms of relative importance to drinking water supply and projected future risks to water quality due to changes in land condition.
  • Examine and discuss strategies for use of this information in addressing threats
  • Identify opportunities for fostering Payment for Watershed Services (PWS) approaches for future protection.
/ Participate in a national expert dialogue on role of forest conservation in source water protection and potential follow-up actions (potential partnership opportunity)
Complete Forest to Faucet (Your Water, Your Decision) brochure.
Work with members to promote PWS approaches
Other
  • SWC Workshops/Pilots
  • Identify other unique ways to promote Source Water Protection on a local and regional scale (i.e., marketing campaigns).
  • Compile and synthesize an online SWP reference library/clearinghouse
  • New SWC website that enables social networking or other online interaction
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  • TBD

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