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Pub. Date
2004.
Description
The 1996 Safe Drinking Water Act (Act) Amendments established a strong emphasis on preventing contamination problems affecting public water systems and their consumers. The revised statute provides for he sustainable use of source water, and helps ensure delivery of continuously safe drinking water by providing the means to improve the technical, managerial and financial capacity of public water systems. The Act also anticipates that the capacity...
Pub. Date
2004.
Description
The purpose of this document is to present an overview of the assessment methodology used by the Colorado Source Water Assessment and Protection (SWAP) Program. This methodology was used to evaluate all public drinking water systems in Colorado that have surface water sources or ground water sources that are under the direct influence of surface water. Topics addressed in this document include: 1) background information on the SWAP Program; 2) an...
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Commission policy volume 98-2
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
The purpose of this document is to describe how the objectives of the federal Clean Water Act and the federal Safe Drinking Water Act statutes are implemented in Colorado. This Guide is divided into two major sections. The first section (Part 1) describes how Colorado protects the quality of its ambient water bodies, and the second section (Part 2) describes how Colorado's Safe Drinking Water Program is primarily focused on ensuring that the water...
Pub. Date
2012.
Description
The Safe Drinking Water Program of the Water Quality Control Division at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment fully implements a Capacity Development Program that aligns with the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). As required by the 1996 Amendments, the Safe Drinking Water Program has prepared this document to describe Colorado's capacity development strategy and to establish the nine strategic goals used to support...
Pub. Date
2009.
Description
Water Loss Control represents the efforts of drinking water utilities to provide stewardship and accountability in their operations by reliably auditing their supplies and keeping their system losses to a reasonable minimal level. New methods of water auditing and loss control give water utilities the potential to recapture large volumes of treated water as well as additional revenues.
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