A Comparative Analysis of Wellhead Protection: Virginia and Massachusetts

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dc.contributor.authorRaftery, Kelley Lynneen
dc.contributor.committeechairRichardson, Jesse J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberKeuhl, Daviden
dc.contributor.committeememberRandolph, Johnen
dc.contributor.departmentUrban Affairs and Planningen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:57:39Zen
dc.date.adate2002-06-12en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:57:39Zen
dc.date.issued2002-05-25en
dc.date.rdate2012-04-12en
dc.date.sdate2002-05-08en
dc.description.abstractProactive drinking water programs assist communities in the long-term protection of their water supply. The 1986 amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) seek to protect groundwater sources of public drinking water. 42 United States Code Section 300h-7 created the Wellhead Protection Program. The 1986 SDWA Amendments require all states to submit a Wellhead Protection Program for public groundwater drinking sources. The 1996 SDWA Amendments require all states to submit Source Water Assessment Plans for both groundwater and surface water sources. The 1986 and 1996 SDWA Amendments aim to protect public health by preventing contamination of drinking water sources. This paper compares and contrasts the effectiveness of groundwater Wellhead Protection Programs (WHPP) in Virginia and Massachusetts. These states take different management approaches to protect public groundwater drinking sources. Virginia encourages local governments to participate voluntarily in wellhead protection activities. Massachusetts requires all municipal and private suppliers that provide public drinking water to adopt a WHPP. The relative success achieved by Massachusetts and Virginia was evaluated with two measures: percentage of wellhead protection programs implemented and the percentage of state reported drinking water quality violations.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Urban and Regional Planningen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05082002-205309en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05082002-205309/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/37105en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartvita.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartreport.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartFrontSection.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectVirginiaen
dc.subjectWellhead Protectionen
dc.subjectMassachusettsen
dc.subjectSafe Drinking Water Acten
dc.titleA Comparative Analysis of Wellhead Protection: Virginia and Massachusettsen
dc.typeMajor paperen
thesis.degree.disciplineUrban Affairs and Planningen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Urban and Regional Planningen

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