Forest Cover Impacts on Drinking Water Utility Treatment Costs in a Large Watershed Water utilities across the United States and the world face difficult decisions in evaluating source water protection opportunities. While source water protection is seen as an important component of a multi-barrier approach to providing high-quality drinking water,...
Healthy forests play an integral role in maintaining high quality source waters. There are many examples of communities investing in forests as a means to protecting water quality. DWSPP Projects Forest Cover Impacts on Drinking Water Utility Treatment Costs in a Large Watershed Source Water Protection Investment Guides World Resources...
It is no secret that how we use our land has an impact on drinking water. Preserving and conserving specific parcels of land could protect the source of drinking water for people downstream. The Land Prioritization Mapping for Protecting Drinking Water Quality was developed through funding from the U.S. Endowment...
In early 2010 the Ag Issues workgroup formed an Advisory Committee of agriculture and animal experts to help the group in its efforts to reach out to the Potomac River basin’s agricultural community. The Advisory Committee has assisted the workgroup in developing the Partnership’s message on the link between drinking water,...
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Maintaining the health and functioning of the land and water resources in the Potomac watershed is essential to source water protection. Approaches to doing this can include land conservation, implementation of land management practices that protect water quality, and regulations that help protect the resources. Regulations to Protect Water Quality...