News Highlights

The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) new national bulletin on “Refining Source Water Protection Local Priorities for FY 2024” is now available. This is the time for the Source Water Collaborative (SWC) members and partners to work together with the NRCS State offices to update the high priority source water protection (SWP) areas.

This week is Drinking Water Week and the Source Water Collaborative (SWC) has published a new outreach document for conservation districts to help implement forestry practices that protect drinking water sources.

Watershed health and wildfire resilience and recovery are focus areas for the 2023 Innovative Finance for National Forests (IFNF) grant program.

On Thursday, February 9, from 12:00 – 1:30pm EST, EPA is hosting a webinar to learn how the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funding can help communities improve their water and wastewater infrastructure.

The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) has released a searchable database of over 70 federal funding programs that can be used to support nature-based projects.

On Thursday, February 2, from 1:00 – 2:30 pm (ET), the Nature Conservancy’s Resilient Watershed Strategy will host a webinar to help watershed conservation programs access federal funding to protect clean water.

In a recent AWWA Journal Article, Tracy Mehan argues that source water protection needs to be implemented at the most strategic levels by deploying other federal laws in service of safe drinking water.

River Network (one of our 30 Source Water Collaborative members) has updated its Clean Water Act Owner’s Manual that includes an overview of key programs and the stories of featured communities who are applying the law, while centering environmental justice and climate change and how the law can be flexed to address these longstanding issues.

50 years ago, the United States recognized that access to clean water is critical to healthy people and thriving communities by passing the Clean Water Act. This year, we celebrate the power of the Clean Water Act’s progress in reducing water pollution and ensuring our water is safe for swimming, fishing, and drinking.

Did you know that the national Source Water Collaborative (SWC) coordinates a network of 36 collaboratives working to protect sources of drinking water at the local, state and regional/watershed level? As we celebrate Source Water Protection Week, we are proud of these communities and regions who are working hard to ensure we all benefit from clean, safe drinking water.