NNEPS (National Network for Environmental Policy Studies) Final Report: EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) Region 1 Wellhead Protection Efforts

摘要

The report discusses three wellhead protection projects undertaken in Region One: the Cape Cod Aquifer Management Plan (CCAMP); Region One's Priority Ground Water Resource-Based Mapping Project: the Nashua Regional Planning Commission Pilot Area; and the Chesprocott Groundwater Protection Project. All three projects are aimed at preventing contamination of community wells. CCAMP serves as a prototype for Region One's wellhead protection efforts and may be broken down into four main phases: delineating the critical groundwater recharge area of each community well (the Wellhead Protection Area), identifying and assessing the risk of existing and future sources of contaminants within the Wellhead Protection Area (WHPA), examining the adequacy of existing management strategies to prevent groundwater contamination, and implementing local management controls based on the results of the first steps. All three of the projects develop and refine management ideas and methodologies on the prevention of groundwater contamination. Many of these techniques may be used by local and regional agencies concerned with protecting their groundwater resources.