United States Environmental Protection ^1 M »Agency This document contains data extracted from the EPA "Summary of State Biennial Reports of Wellhead Protection Program Progress, October 1995 - September 1997." You can find the entire document at http://www.epa.qov/safewater/sourcewater.cfm?action=Publications. Summary of State Biennial Reports of Wellhead Protection Program Progress October 1995 - September 1997 Rhode island WHP Implementation Graph Summary of Biennial Data ------- RHODE ISLAND WHP Implementation Summary of Biennial Data 1993 1995 1997 Year Getting Started Delineation Source Identification Source Management Contingency Planning State Program Approved March 19, 1990 ------- Wellhead Protection Implementation for Rhode Island Summary of Biennial Reporting Data Reporting Period 1991-1993 Reporting Period 1993-1995 Reporting Period 1995-1997 CWSs NCWSs Total PWSs CWSs NCWSs Total PWSs CWSs NCWSs Total PWSs Total number of ground water dependent PWS systems * * 449 75 400 475 73 408 481 Total number of systems that have completed: Step 1: Getting Started * * * 75 * 75 * * * Step 2: Delineation * * 449 52 400 452 68 408 476 Step 3: Identify Sources * * * 2 370 372 61 291 352 Step 4: Manage Sources * * * * * * 4 15 19 Step 5: Contingency Planning * * * * * * * * * Comments/Observations/Problems! Rhode Island does not track "Getting Started" activities. In the 1991-1993 reporting period, it was reported that 607 wellhead protection areas were delineated which corresponds to all the public wells in the state. Contingency planning authority no longer resides with the Rhode Island agency responsible for WHP, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management. However, it was reported that by the end of 1997, 7 of the large systems that were required to have contingency plans had approved plans. * Data not available/or optional reporting ------- |