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The Impact of the Surface Water Treatment Rule on Groundwater
Author(s) -
Hiltebrand David J.,
Chowdhury Zaid K.,
Wancho Linda A.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1991.tb07115.x
Subject(s) - groundwater , surface water , environmental science , water supply , infiltration (hvac) , water resource management , environmental engineering , hydrology (agriculture) , geology , geography , geotechnical engineering , meteorology
The Surface Water Treatment Rule (SWTR) requires that all community and noncommunity water supply wells, springs, and infiltration galleries be evaluated to determine whether they are under the direct influence of a surface water. Those groundwater supplies that are found to be under the direct influence of a surface water will be subject to the requirements of the SWTR. This determination will have a significant impact on many existing water utilities and on the development of new supplies. The guidance manual for the SWTR provides a general outline of a procedure that can be used to make the determination of direct influence. This procedure was applied to two groundwater supplies.