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David Edmunds Environmental Program Specialist Drinking Water Program

Sustained Compliance: What It Means to Public Water System Owners and Operators Anchorage, AK September 23-24, 2010. Drinking Water Watch. David Edmunds Environmental Program Specialist Drinking Water Program Department Of Environmental Conservation. Topics Covered.

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David Edmunds Environmental Program Specialist Drinking Water Program

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  1. Sustained Compliance: What It Means to Public Water System Owners and OperatorsAnchorage, AKSeptember 23-24, 2010 Drinking Water Watch David Edmunds Environmental Program Specialist Drinking Water Program Department Of Environmental Conservation

  2. Topics Covered • Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) Database • What is Drinking Water Watch? • Navigating Drinking Water Watch • Conclusion

  3. Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) • Safe Drinking Water Act requires states to monitor public drinking water systems • Alaska adopted SDWIS to collect information for the Drinking Water Program • SDWIS houses three major categories of Information: • Inventory • Sampling • Monitoring

  4. Inventory • Includes information such as • System location • Population served • Service connections • Water source • Water System Facilities • Administrative Contact

  5. Sampling • Information includes lab results for contaminants: • Chemical • Microbiological • Radiological Any contaminant regulated by the Safe Drinking Water Act

  6. Monitoring • Monitoring information contains the schedule for sampling under each EPA Rule, such as • Total Coliform Rule • Lead and Copper Rule • Arsenic Rule • The Monitoring and Sampling portion of SDWIS allows the state to compare the two and determine non-compliance (violations)

  7. Labs Add-ons Plan Review General Public Drinking Water Program SDWIS Safe Drinking Water Information System Engineering Firms Health Services Status Component Sanitary Survey ESS Operator Certification Juneau Public Water Systems EPA

  8. What Is Drinking Water Watch? • Web Portal allows anyone to view certain information in SDWIS • Look up information on any public water system • Provide name or Public Water System ID (PWSID) • Area-wide searches for water systems • (example: Kodiak island)

  9. What Information Is Available? • Water System Details • Links • Water system • Points of contact • Annual Operating Periods & Population Served • Service Connections • Sources of Water • Service Areas • Water Purchases

  10. Links • Water System Facilities (WSF) • Source Water Assessments (SWA) Executive Summary • Sample Schedules • Coliform Sample Results • Coliform Sample Summary Results • Lead and Copper Sample Summary Results (90th percentile) • Non-Coliform Samples/Results • Non-Coliform Samples/Results by Analyte • Violations/Enforcement Actions • Site Visits • Milestones • Current Monitoring Summary http://map.dec.state.ak.us:8080/dww/

  11. Water System Facilities

  12. Water System Facilities (WSF) Storage (SF) Treatment Plant (TP) Source (WL, IN, IG, CC, RC) Distribution System (DS)

  13. SWA Executive Summary

  14. Sample Schedules

  15. Coliform Sample Results

  16. Coliform Sample Summary Results

  17. Lead and Copper Sample Summary Results

  18. Non-Coliform Samples/Results

  19. Non-Coliform Samples/ResultsBy Analyte

  20. Violations/Enforcement Actions

  21. Site Visits

  22. Milestones

  23. Current Monitoring Summary

  24. Conclusion • Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) • What is Drinking Water Watch? • Navigating Drinking Water Watch • Conclusion • Any problems, please call your Environmental Program Specialist, especially about data errors

  25. Thank You David Edmunds Environmental Program Specialist Drinking Water Program Department Of Environmental Conservation

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