The Department of Environmental Protection, in cooperation with Spotts, Stevens and McCoy Inc., has established the Source Water Protection Technical Assistance Program to enhance development of voluntary local source water protection programs.

The program was developed to more efficiently provide technical assistance and accelerate adoption of local voluntary source water protection programs throughout the commonwealth. Source water protection programs support sustainable infrastructure, reduce or maintain operation and maintenance costs, improve public health protection through improved raw water quality and reduced risks at the source.

The intention of the Source Water Protection Technical Assistance Program is to provide a contractor to assist community water systems interested in developing local source water protection programs. The assistance provided will address all minimum elements of a source water protection program such as, education, delineation, contingency planning, protection of new source sites, and source water area management including ordinance development.

Spotts, Stevens and McCoy Inc. will begin assisting community water systems in developing source water protection programs immediately. The Source Water Protection Technical Assistance Program replaces the previous Source Water Protection Grant Program.

For more information as it becomes available, visit the DEP Source Water Protection webpage.

8/3/2007