Drinking Water Academy: Training for Federal, State, and Tribal Drinking Water Professionals (Brochure)


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 What Is the Drinking Water
 Academy?

 Established by the U.S. EPA Office of Ground Water
 and Drinking Water, the Drinking Water Academy
 (DWA) is a long-term training initiative whose primary
 goal is to expand EPA, State, and Tribal capabilities to
 implement the 1996 Amendments to the Safe Drinking
 Water Act (SDWA). In addition to providing classroom
 and Web-based training, the DWA will act as a re-
 source for training materials pertaining to SDWA
 implementation.

 Why  was the  DWA Formed?

 EPA formed the DWA to help EPA, States, and Indian
 Tribes enhance program capability to meet the public
 health protection objectives of the SDWA require-
 ments. The 1996 SDWA Amendments created a
 number of new programmatic challenges for States,
 Tribes, and the water systems they regulate. The
 Amendments also provided new funding opportunities
 to meet these growing needs. DWA training will
 support EPA, State, and Tribal efforts to implement
 these new requirements.

 What Challenges do Drinking
 Water Programs Face?

 Under the SDWA Amendments, EPA is promulgating
 and implementing new regulations, which State
 drinking water programs must add to their existing
 programs. Among them are new microbial and disinfec-
 tion by-product standards, increased source water
 protection efforts, new loan programs to fund system
 improvements, and increased public education and
 involvement in drinking water programs.

 Why  is Training Necessary?

 The new requirements and approaches to regulating
 drinking water systems make training even more
 important if State and Tribal programs are to maintain a
 high level of staff expertise. Otherwise, program
 effectiveness may be compromised as new, untrained
personnel join programs, veteran staff members leave,
and the program's institutional knowledge about
statutes, regulations, and other important SDWA
requirements wanes due to lack of sustained training.
 Want t© Learn SViore?

 General information about SDWA is available from the
 Safe Drinking Water Act hotline at (800) 426-4791 or,
 in the Washington, DC, area, at (202) 260-7908.

 Information on the Drinking Water Academy can be
 found on the DWA Web site at www.epa.gov/safewater
 /dwa.html. Dates and descriptions of upcoming training
 sessions are posted on the site, and training materials
 are available for downloading.

 DWA information is also available from the State and
 EPA members of the Drinking Water Academy
 Workgroup:
 MaryJo Feuerbach
 EPA Region 1
 (617)918-1578
 feuerbach.maryjo@epa.gov

 Leonard Torrey
 EPA Region 2
 (212) 637-3846
 torrey.leonard@epa.gov

 Rick Rogers
 EPA Region 3
 (215)814-5711
 rogers.rick@epa.gov

 Janine Morris
 EPA Region 4
, (404) 562-9480
 morris.janine@epa.gov

 John Taylor
 EPA Region 5
 (312) 886-4299
 taylor.johnc@epa.gov

.Bill Davis
 EPA Region 6
:(214)  665-7536
 davis.williamh@epa.gov
 Stephanie Lindberg
 EPA Region 7
 (913)551-7423
 lindberg.stephanie@epa.gov

 Dan Jackson
 EPA Region 8
 (303)312-6155
 jackson.dan@epa.gov

 Bruce Macler
 EPA Region 9
 (415) 744-1884
 macler.bruce@epa.gov

 Mike Cox
 EPA Region 10
 (206) 553-1893
 cox.mike@epa.gov

 Denny Cruz
 EPAHQ
 (202) 260-7776
 cruz.denny@epa.gov

 Murlene Lash
 EPAHQ
 (202)260-7197
 iash.murlene@epa.gov

James Bourne
 EPAHQ
(202) 260-5557
bourne.james@epa.gov

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How the Drinking Cyrricnium is
Creating the DWA's curriculum is the responsibility of a
workgroup comprising staff from State drinking water
programs, EPA Headquarters, and the Agency's Regional
Offices. During the DWA's first year, the workgroup
focused on identifying training needs, establishing
priorities, developing a Web site and informational
bulletin, and helping to develop and review training
materials. The result of this effort includes four 1-day
modules that can be presented separately, or combined to
create a full, 4-day introduction to SDWA. The course
instructors all have experience with SDWA and its
programs.
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For information on scheduling DWA training for your EPA Regional or State staff, contact a member of the DWA
Workgroup listed on the reverse side.
introduction to the Safe
Drinking Water Act

This module takes an historical look at drinking
water regulation in the United States, starting prior
to enactment of the SDWA in 1974 and provides an
overview of the Act's evolution through to the 1996
Amendments. Topics covered include the SDWA's
relationship to the Clean Water Act and the process
of setting drinking water standards. The three major
EPA programs under SDWA, each the topic of a
separate module, are also introduced.

introduction to EPA's
Source Water Protection
Programs
This module starts by providing information on the
hydrologic cycle and the health effects of contami-
nants in drinking water. It then introduces the
concept of source water protection and the elements
of EPA's program. Methods of protecting source
water are explained, and how source water protec-
tion relates to other drinking water programs is
reviewed.
introduction to the
Underground injection
Control Program
This module begins with an explanation of what an
injection well is and how it relates to subsurface
geology. Next, the origins pf the underground
injection control program are discussed and its
elements under the SDWA are discussed. The
module also describes some of the challenges
currently facing today's underground injection
control program.

introduction to the Public
Water System Supervision
Program
The types of water systems and how they operate are
discussed in this module. It also explains the
regulatory and implementation roles of EPA, the
States, and Indian Tribes in the Public Water System
Supervision Program. How the program develops
regulations is also discussed.

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