Sustained Compliance: What It Means to Public Water System Owners and Operators

Anchorage, AKSeptember 23-24, 2010

David EdmundsEnvironmental Program SpecialistDrinking Water ProgramDepartment Of Environmental Conservation

Drinking Water Watch

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Topics CoveredSafe Drinking Water Information System

(SDWIS) Database What is Drinking Water Watch?Navigating Drinking Water WatchConclusion

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Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS)

Safe Drinking Water Act requires states to monitor public drinking water systems

Alaska adopted SDWIS to collect information for the Drinking Water Program

SDWIS houses three major categories of Information:InventorySamplingMonitoring

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InventoryIncludes information such as

System location Population servedService connectionsWater sourceWater System FacilitiesAdministrative Contact

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SamplingInformation includes lab results for

contaminants:Chemical MicrobiologicalRadiologicalAny contaminant regulated by the Safe Drinking

Water Act

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MonitoringMonitoring information contains the schedule

for sampling under each EPA Rule, such asTotal Coliform Rule Lead and Copper Rule Arsenic Rule

The Monitoring and Sampling portion of SDWIS allows the state to compare the two and determine non-compliance (violations)

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Safe Drinking Water Information System

SDWIS

Plan Review

Status Component

Sanitary Survey

ESSOperator Certification

Juneau

Drinking Water ProgramGeneral Public

Engineering Firms Health Services

Public Water Systems

EPA

Labs Add-ons

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What Is Drinking Water Watch?Web Portal allows anyone to view certain

information in SDWIS Look up information on any public water

systemProvide name or Public Water System ID

(PWSID)Area-wide searches for water systems

(example: Kodiak island)

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What Information Is Available?Water System Details

LinksWater systemPoints of contactAnnual Operating Periods & Population ServedService ConnectionsSources of WaterService AreasWater Purchases

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LinksWater System Facilities (WSF)Source Water Assessments (SWA) Executive Summary Sample SchedulesColiform Sample ResultsColiform Sample Summary ResultsLead and Copper Sample Summary Results (90th percentile)Non-Coliform Samples/ResultsNon-Coliform Samples/Results by AnalyteViolations/Enforcement ActionsSite VisitsMilestonesCurrent Monitoring Summary

http://map.dec.state.ak.us:8080/dww/

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Water System Facilities

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Source(WL, IN, IG, CC, RC)

Treatment Plant(TP)

Storage(SF)

Distribution System(DS)

Water System Facilities (WSF)

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SWA Executive Summary

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Sample Schedules

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Coliform Sample Results

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Coliform Sample Summary Results

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Lead and Copper Sample Summary Results

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Non-Coliform Samples/Results

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Non-Coliform Samples/ResultsBy Analyte

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Violations/Enforcement Actions

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Site Visits

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Milestones

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Current Monitoring Summary

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ConclusionSafe Drinking Water Information System

(SDWIS)What is Drinking Water Watch?Navigating Drinking Water WatchConclusion

Any problems, please call your Environmental Program Specialist, especially about data errors

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Thank You

David EdmundsEnvironmental Program SpecialistDrinking Water ProgramDepartment Of Environmental Conservation