A New Water Ethic

Ensuring clean water for private well users is not solely the responsibility of any one agency or program. Community collaboration is required to assess and respond to private well contamination issues. Creating a new water ethic for unregulated drinking water is a critical need. While USEPA lists protecting America's waters as one of its current strategic priorities, the drinking water aspects focus on public water supplies and not private wells. A New Water Ethic will ensure progress towards the goal of safe drinking water for those reliant on private wells.