Catalog of Environmental Programs 2012

                                    Federal agencies that contribute to EPA's environmental goals, and how they make a difference.
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Programs by EPA Strategic Goal
1. Climate Change and Improving Air Quality
2. Protecting America's Waters
3. Cleaning Up and Sustainable Development
4. Safety of Chemicals and Preventing Pollution
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Department of the Interior

EPA Goal 2: Protecting America’s Waters

National Water Quality Assessment Program

Purpose
The Department of Interior - U.S. Geological Survey - National Water Quality Assessment Program (NAWQA) was implemented in 1991 to develop long-term consistent and comparable information on streams, rivers, ground water, and aquatic systems in support of national, regional, State, and local information needs and decisions related to water-quality management and policy. One of NAWQA’s primary activities includes national assessments of source water and drinking water associated with domestic wells, and with drinking-water supply wells, stream intakes, and finished water associated with community water systems across the Nation.

Source(s) of Information
1. USGS: About NAWQA

Related EPA Program(s)

Drinking Water Programs:
This program comprises the multiple-barrier approach to protecting public health from unsafe drinking water. Under this approach, the Agency protects public health through: source water assessment and protection programs; promulgation of new or revised, scientifically sound and risk-based National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWRs); training, technical assistance and financial assistance programs to enhance systems’ capacity to comply with existing and new regulations; and the national implementation of NPDWRs by state and tribal drinking water programs through regulatory, non-regulatory and voluntary programs and policies to ensure safe drinking water.

Authorizing Legislation
• Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
• Clean Water Act (CWA)

Other Programs under Goal 2
Other Programs from DOI


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