The 1996 Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments established a new Section
1453 for source water quality assessments. This section required each
primacy state to submit a source water assessment program to the EPA
for approval.
A state assessment program is required to:
delineate the boundaries of areas providing source waters for public water systems, and
identify the origins of regulated and unregulated contaminants in
the delineated area to determine the susceptibility of public water
systems to such contaminants.
Download a factsheet on the Source Water Assessment Program in PDF
format here.
Safe Drinking Water Branch
Environmental Management Division
Hawaii State Department of Health
919 Ala Moana Blvd., Room 308
Honolulu, HI 96814-4920
Safe Drinking Water Branch - Hilo
Hawaii District Health Office - Hilo
1582 Kamehameha Avenue
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Phone: (808) 933-0401
Fax: (808) 933-0400
