West Virginia Source Water Assessment and Wellhead Protection Programs
In West Virginia, the Source Water Assessment and Protection Program encompasses both wellhead protection and surface water source water assessment efforts. Implementation of the wellhead protection program began in the early 1990s, as part of West Virginia ground water protection strategy. This protection strategy was extended to surface water sources with the 1996 Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments. The Act require states to develop and implement a Source Water Assessment and Protection (SWAP) program designed to evaluate the vulnerability of public drinking water systems to possible sources of contamination, and encourages states to work with these systems in developing protection and management plans.
Following the January 2014 Elk River MCHM spill, the Legislature revised portions of Article 1 of Chapter 16 (Public Health) of the West Virginia Code to address regulation of public water systems, source water protection, grants for wellhead and source water protection.
HIGHLIGHTS
SWPP Writing Application Log On
Source Water Protection WV Code 16-1-9
Source Water Assessment Reports (Voluntary Reports on Community Water Systems) 2016
Funding For Public Water Systems Protection Programs
PFAS Project Links and Site Key
EPA PFAS Frequently Asked Questions
EPA PFAS Public Water System Factsheet
WV Department of Health and Human Resources Public Water System PFAS Study
Public Water System PFAS Testing Web Map
Well Driller/Pump Installer Forms
EW-125E WV Well Driller & Pump Installer Certification Exam Application
EW-125A Application for Master Well Driller Certification
EW-125B Application for Journeyman Well Driller Certification
EW-125C Application for Pump Installer Certification
EW-125D Renewal Application for Well Drillers & Pump Installers
EW-125F Application for Well Driller/Pump Installer Certification Inactivation/Reactivation
SW-256 Application for a Permit to Construct, Modify or Abandon a Water Well
SW-258 State of West Virginia Water Well Completion Report
SW-259 Water Well Violation Report
SW-261 Water Well Abandonment Report
SW-262 Water Well Pump Installation Reports
W-260 Request for Water Well Variance
Contact
Brian A. Carr, P.G.Bureau For Public Health
Office of Environmental Health ServicesEnvironmental Engineering DivisionSource Water Protection Program350 Capitol Street, Room 313
Charleston, WV 25301-3713
Phone: 304-352-4996Email: EEDSourceWaterProtection@wv.gov