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Why
are communities preparing SWAPs?
 Basically,
to ensure a safe water supply for their citizens,
and to comply with federal regulations. The
1996 Amendments to the Federal Safe Drinking
Water Act require states to perform SWAPs for
all water supply watersheds within the state's
boundaries. The aim is to be more proactive
in avoiding contamination of public water supply
systems. The Act's goal is the development and
implementation of prevention and protection
strategies to address potential threats to water
supply systems by identifying them through an
assessment process.
States
are required to submit an Implementation Plan
to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) for conducting the assessments. Georgia
submitted such a plan to the EPA on January
29, 1999. The Plan was approved on April 24,
2000, and became effective on May 1, 2000. This
Source Water Assessment for the Northeast Georgia
RDC will be conducted in accordance with Georgia's
submitted Plan.
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