Program Information

• Drinking water Protection Program Brochure
  • Brochure Insert
• Drinking Water Protection Committee Training Manual

Fact Sheets

• Best Management Practices for Irrigation Wells
• Best Management Practices for Businesses Using Small Quantities of Chemicals 
• Best Management Practices for Underground Storage Tanks 
• How to Protect Drinking Water in the Home
• How to Conserve Drinking Water in the Home
• How to Conserve Drinking Water in the Business  
• How to Protect Drinking Water in the Business
• How to Protect Drinking Water - Lawn and Garden
• How to Protect Drinking Water - Contractor Education   
• Pharmaceutical Disposal Practices  
• Top Ten Tips to Protect Drinking Water  
• Well Plugging and Abandonment
• Water Facts and Figures
• Spill Prevention and Control Plan for Above Ground Storage Tanks

Sample Ordinances

• DEQ Ground Water Protection Model Ordinance 
  • Elements of DEQ Model Ordinance 
  • Four Good Reasons to Adopt a Drinking Water Protection Ordinance 
  • Ground Water Protection Ordinance Clarification - Above Ground Storage Tanks 
• EPA Ground Water Model Ordinance
• EPA Surface Water Model Ordinance
• Citizen Letter to Encourage Adoption of Ordinances

Safe Drinking Water Links

• National Primary and Secondary Drinking Water Standards
• Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS)  - information about public water supplies and their compliance history with the U.S. EPA's drinking water regulations