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Protecting Our Sources of Water
A critical part of providing safe drinking water to Americans is protecting the sources of our water. After all, the less unwanted material that is in the water to begin with, the less treatment the water will need. In that interest, AWWA and 14 other national organizations united in 2006 to help to protect America's drinking water at the source - in the lakes, rivers, streams and aquifers we tap for drinking purposes.
The Source Water Collaborative (SWC) combines the strengths and tools of a diverse set of member organizations to protect drinking water sources for generations to come. The SWC aims to further protect sources of drinking water while recognizing that resources are limited, authorities are split, and the actors who can actually protect source waters are diffuse. Each national organization promotes implementation of source water protection in its overall mission. Each organization recognizes the synergy of coordinated actions and the need for leveraging each other's resources in order to increase the chances for success over each entity going it alone. |
