A Guide to Wellhead Protection
A Guide to Wellhead Protection

Author: Jonathan Douglas Witten

Publisher: American Planning Association

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 106

ISBN-13:

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There are many reasons to protect groundwater. More than half of the United States relies on it for drinking water. The population of the U.S. has increased by 20 million in the past 10 years, while the amount of groundwater available for consumption has remained the same. One gallon of gasoline can contaminate 1 million gallons of groundwater. And the cost of contamination clean up far exceeds that of a prevention program. This report provides the information needed to start a wellhead protection program. It reviews the fundamentals of water hydrology, the causes and effects of contamination, wellhead management and protection, and financial strategies available to communities interested in starting a program. The report also includes a table of land uses and their potential contaminants, a matrix that describes regulatory and nonregulatory devices to be used in a program, and a sample ordinance.

Wellhead Protection
Wellhead Protection

Author: Tom Belk

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1994-12

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9780788114700

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Provides information that will help protect a community's ground water resources. Covers: ground water fundamentals, ground water contamination, the 5-step process for wellhead protection, 4 case studies, and resources for additional information. Appendices: regional distribution of ground water in the U.S., methods for delineating wellhead protection areas for fractured rock aquifers, and for confined aquifers. 75 charts, tables and drawings.

Demonstrating Benefits of Wellhead Protection Programs
Demonstrating Benefits of Wellhead Protection Programs

Author: Mark Blenis Williams

Publisher: American Water Works Association

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 9781583213353

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This study was designed to identify the key elements of wellhead protection programs (WHPP), the costs to develop and implement, to compile a list of benefits and to develop a generic method to measure those benefits. Utilizing the sparse literature and 9 cases studies, successful WHPP are discussed in relation to the USEPA 1986 SDWA amendments.

Groundwater Quality Protection
Groundwater Quality Protection

Author: Stephen S. D. Foster

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13:

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Groundwater is an essential natural resource for the economic and secure provision of drinking water supplies. Pollution hazard assessment is an essential part of environmental best practice for water supply utilities, both in terms of protecting groundwater quality from future pollution and mitigating threats posed by existing activities. This book looks at the need for groundwater protection strategies, and provides a technical guide to methodological approaches including: mapping aquifer pollution vulnerability; the delineation of groundwater supply protection areas; developing an inventory of subsurface contaminant load; and the assessment and control of groundwater pollution hazards. The guide is particularly relevant for the Latin American and Caribbean region where many cities are highly dependent upon groundwater resources.