United States
Environmental Protection
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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

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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

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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

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