The Association of State Drinking Water Administrators (ASDWA) and the Ground Water Protection Council (GWPC), the Source Water Collaborative co-chairs, have published a new report and associated fact sheet entitled, “State Source Water Protection (SWP) Programs: A Progress Report on Agriculture and Forestry Coordination Since the Passage of the 2018 Farm Bill.” The report is based in part on the responses of 40 state SWP programs to a survey that ASDWA and GWPC conducted in the spring of 2021, and includes other information collected over the past several years through a variety of communications and meetings with our members and partners.
The report shares information about the accomplishments of state SWP programs and includes challenges and tips for success with state examples of potential solutions for making further progress on coordination activities with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), state foresters, the US Forest Service (USFS), and other partners.
For more information, download and read the report, and view the fact sheet here. For questions, please contact Deirdre White of ASDWA at dwhite@asdwa.org.