AWWA Source Water Protection Award

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The Spokane Aquifer Joint Board has submitted a report to the American Water Works Association (AWWA) detailing our exemplary aquifer protection program.  Recepients of this national award will be notified in late March and the awards will be presented at the AWWA Annual Convention June 8-11, 2014 in Boston.

The twenty page report summarizes the Spokane Aquifer Joint Board’s Wellhead Protection Program and the innovations which have been developed since 1995,   designed to protect our “sole source” of drinking water, the Spokane Valley Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer.  For more details read the report below and follow the links throughout this website. Meeting Minutes, Agendas and Resolutions have been archived from 2000 to the present and they tell an comprehensive story of the programs and partnerships that are working to keep our drinking water safe!  Read the Report AWWA Source Water Protection Spokane Aquifer Joint Board Application 1.14.14

The report addresses ten questions:

  1. Please describe your source water protection program vision and how it was developed. [5 points]
  2. Please describe your source water characterization. [5 points]
  3. Please describe your source water protection goals and how they were developed. [5 points]
  4. Please describe your source water protection action plan and how it was developed. [20 points]
  5. Please describe your implementation of the action plan. [20 points]
  6. Please describe your periodic evaluation and revision of the entire program. [10 points]
  7. How effective is your program, and how do you measure this effectiveness? [10 points]
  8. How is your program innovative? [10 points]
  9. What was the environment (political, social, environmental, and economic settings) in which this program was developed and has operated, what obstacles and difficulties existed, and how were these obstacles and difficulties overcome? [10 points]
  10. Does your source water protection program have a person(s) responsible for carrying out the effort (e.g., a Source Water Protection Program Manager)?        Yes     No  [5 points]