Source Water Assessment Program

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The 1996 Amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) ushered in a new era for the protection of public drinking water supplies. One provision of the Amendments, the Source Water Assessment Program or SWAP for short, calls for the assessment and protection of all public drinking water supply sources throughout the United States. Here in Connecticut, the Department of Public Health (DPH) is responsible for developing and implementing the state's Source Water Assessment Program. DPH, working in partnership with the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), is making every effort to ensure that the state's SWAP program is tailored to conditions and needs specific to Connecticut's drinking water sources, which include hundred's of water supply aquifers and reservoirs located throughout the state.    

 
 The 2003 Source Water Assessment Reports provided overall susceptibility ratings for each public water source owned and operated by Connecticut's community public water systems. They also included detailed information on each source's vulnerability to potential contamination, including assessment factors, findings, and recommendations to strengthen source protection. Please note that the data used to develop these Reports is nearly 30 years old and may no longer be accurate, as the Reports have not been updated since their original creation.

 

These Source Water Assessment Reports are no longer available on this website. To request a copy, please email a written request to dph.sourceprotection@ct.gov and include the public water system name and/or public water system ID (PWSID). If you do not have either, you may provide the address of a location served by the source(s) for which you are requesting the Report. A PDF copy will be emailed to you.

 
SWAP Documents Available on the Web

SWAP References