source water collaborative online partnership tool

Source Water CollaborativeOnline Partnership Tool

Source Water CollaborativeOnline Partnership Tool

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Collaboration Toolkit:Protecting Drinking Water Sources through

Agricultural Conservation Practices

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Source Water Collaborative Member Organizations

• American Planning Association• American Water Works Assoc.• Assoc. of Metropolitan Water Agencies• Assoc. of State Drinking Water

Administrators• Assoc. of Clean Water Administrators• Assoc. of State and Territorial Health

Officials• Clean Water Fund• Environmental Finance Center• The Groundwater Foundation• Ground Water Protection Council • National Assoc. of Counties

• Nat’l Environmental Services Ctr• Nat’l Ground Water Assoc.• Nat’l Rural Water Assoc.• N. American Lake Mgmt Society• River Network• Rural Community Assistance

Partnership• Trust for Public Land• USDA – Farm Service Agency• USDA – Forest Service• U.S. EPA• U.S. Geological Survey• Water Systems Council

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Source Water Protection: Online Tips for Partnering with State

Conservationists

• Goals: – Promote source water protection through agriculture conservation practices– Facilitate collaboration between source water partners and USDA, focus on

NRCS State Conservationists

• Contents: Simple steps for identifying common ground, opportunities, and key contacts and ideas for working with USDA at the state level

• Upcoming supplement: Tips for working with conservation districts

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Immediate Opportunitiesfor Collaboration

• 2013 National Water Quality Initiative

• State Nutrient Management Conservation Practice Standard 590

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Source Water Protection: Online Tips for Partnering with State

Conservationists

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Source Water Protection: Online Tips for Partnering with State

Conservationists

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Source Water Protection: Online Tips for Partnering with State

Conservationists

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Source Water Protection: Online Tips for Partnering with State

Conservationists

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Source Water Protection: Online Tips for Partnering with State

Conservationists

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Source Water Protection: Online Tips for Partnering with State

Conservationists

• EPA Regional Source Water Contacts• State Source Water Program Contacts• State Clean Water Programs (319)• National Estuary Programs• Drinking Water Utilities & Municipalities• Cooperative Extension & State Land Grant Universities• Other Federal Agencies

• U.S. Forest Service• U.S. Geological Survey

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Source Water Protection: Online Tips for Partnering with State

Conservationists

Source Water Protection: Online Tips for Partnering with State

Conservationists

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Salmon Falls Watershed Collaborative Honored with 2012 U.S. Water Prize

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Find Toolkit Online at: www.sourcewatercollaborative.org/swp-usda