Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality - Water Quality Division, Groundwater Section

Gary Beach - Administrator

Herschler Bldg., 4th Floor West, Cheyenne, WY, 82002
(307) 777-7781; FAX (307) 777-5973
E-mail: deqwyo@state.wy.us

Wyoming's Source Water Assessment Program (SWAP)

The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WDEQ) has developed a Source Water Assessment Program (SWAP). For each public water system which chooses to participate, the WDEQ will:

Determine the boundaries of the area from which public water systems receive their drinking water.
Inventory potential sources of contamination within these areas.
Determine the susceptibility of the public water systems to potential sources of contamination.
Make the assessments available to the public.

The proposed SWAP was submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on February 8, 1999 and is currently under review for approval.

During May and June, 1999, the WDEQ sent SWAP application forms to all public water systems in Wyoming. Currently, over 250 public water systems want to have their water systems assessed.

Access the PWS database

To find out more about the Source Water Assessment Program, click on one of the following items:

Learn More About Source Water Assessment and Protection:

: Wyoming's Source Water Assessment Guidance Document (January 2000, Draft); EPA's Office of Ground Water & Drinking Water; EPA Region 8 Source Water Assessment and Protection

Learn About and Map Your Drinking Water System and Potential Contaminant Sources:

: EPA's Envirofacts Warehouse

Priority Ranking of Public Water Systems Participating in SWAP:

Tools to Protect Drinking Water Supplies for the Home and Ranch:

: Farm*A*Syst/Home*A*Syst; Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS); Wellhead Protection Fact Sheets; Wyoming's Wellhead Protection Guidance Document