Western States Ground Water and Source Water Protection Forum 2007

Conference Proceedings

October 24 – 25, 2007

Over sixty participants from regional, state and local Ground Water and Source Water Protection agencies and organizations attended the October 2007 event. The forum was designed to share information about common threats to source water and ground water quality and also strategize about how to effectively counter the threats to ensure sustainable water resources into the future. Our objectives were to share technical information about security threats to source water and ground water, share success stories, build working relationships between the participants and encourage innovative problem-solving.

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Agenda (PDF) (4pp, 94K)

2007 Forum Overview & Summary (PDF) (48pp, 306K)

Slides from Speakers

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters Download
Roy Simon, Associate Branch Chief, Prevention Branch, U.S. EPA Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water
An update on the Source Water Collaborative and other endeavors (PDF) (17pp, 580K)

Source Water Collaborative Presentation (PDF) (10pp, 197K)
Deidre Mason, Association of State Drinking Administrators

Top Five Potential Contaminant Sources Identified By Western States
Jennifer Parker, Eric Winiecki, EPA Region 10 Drinking Water Unit
Results from the Source Water Assessment Process with data about the top 5 threats to drinking water (PDF) (5pp, 102K).

Forestry & Federal Land Management (PDF) (25pp, 2MB)
Dave Powers, EPA Region 10

USDA Forest Service Land Management and Source Water
Trish Carroll, U.S. Forest Service

An overview of federal land management agency efforts to protect drinking water sources;successes and challenges (PDF) (27pp, 1.6MB)
Rosemary Mazaika, U.S. Bureau of Land Management

Mining
Patricia McGrath, U.S. EPA Region 10; Carol Russell, U.S. EPA Region 8 Mining Coordinator
Is there a cost effective way to address contamination from mines? (PDF) (64pp, 7.7MB)

Nitrate Presentation
Bart Faris, New Mexico Environment Department
Overview of the nitrogen cycle and techniques in assessment and remediation (PDF) (43pp, 1MB)

Underground Storage Tank (UST) Presentation
Victor Scherer, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
How can we manage threats posed by USTs? (PDF) (25pp, 1.4MB)

Underground Injection Control (UIC) Class V Presentation
Russ Land, Ground Water Protection Branch, Nevada Division of Environmental Protection
How one state has worked to address the potential threats of UIC Class V wells, especially with regard to septic systems (PDF) (27pp, 3.6MB)

City of Port Townsend/U.S. Forest Service Source Water Collaboration
Ian Jablonski, City of Port Townsend; Dean Yoshina, Olympic National Forest, Hood Canal Ranger District
Case study of how a community and the Forest Service worked together to protect a municipal drinking water supply (PDF) (24pp, 4.5MB)

Sustainability and Water Resources
Kevin Dennehy, U.S. Geological Survey
Quantity, quality, and usage trends across the Western United States (PDF) (40pp, 3MB)

Contact: Eric Winiecki (winiecki.eric@epa.gov), 206-553-6904

Western States Ground Water and Source Water Protection Forum 2007

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