Safe Drinking Water Branch
Source Water Assessment and Protection (SWAP)Program

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The 1996 Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments established a new Section 1453 for source water quality assessments. This section required each primacy state to submit a source water assessment program to the EPA for approval.

A state assessment program is required to:

1. delineate the boundaries of areas providing source waters for public water systems, and
2. identify the origins of regulated and unregulated contaminants in the delineated area to determine the susceptibility of public water systems to such contaminants.

Download a factsheet on the Source Water Assessment Program in PDF format here.

Contact Us

Phone: (808) 586-4258

Fax: (808) 586-4351

EMail: sdwb@doh.hawaii.gov

Safe Drinking Water Branch Environmental Management Division Hawaii State Department of Health 919 Ala Moana Blvd., Room 308 Honolulu, HI 96814-4920

Safe Drinking Water Branch - Kauai Kauai District Health Office 3040 Umi Street Lihue, Hawaii 96766 Phone: (808) 241-3323 Fax: (808) 241-3566

Safe Drinking Water Branch - Maui Maui District Health Office 54 High Street Wailuku, Hawaii 96793 Phone: (808) 984-8234 Fax: (808) 984-8237

Safe Drinking Water Branch - Hilo Hawaii District Health Office - Hilo 1582 Kamehameha Avenue Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Phone: (808) 933-0401 Fax: (808) 933-0400

Safe Drinking Water Branch - Kona West Hawaii Environmental Health Office Keakealani Building 79-1020 Haukapila Street, Room 110 Kealakekua, Hawaii 96750 Phone: (808) 322-1961 Fax: (808) 322-1511

Last Update: 24 May 2006