Source Water Assessment Program Plan

The 1996 Amendments to the federal Safe Drinking Water Act require all states to establish and implement a Source Water Assessment Program for all public water systems. This document prepared by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) outlines the procedures to be used for completing Source Water Assessments in New Jersey. A Source Water Assessment Program consists of several steps, including delineating the source water protection area for ground water and surface water sources of public drinking water; inventorying the significant potential sources of contamination within the delineated source water protection area; and determining the public water system's susceptibility to contamination by sources inventoried within the source water protection area