Groundwater Protection

LEARN ABOUT GROUNDWATER IN PENNSYLVANIA

• DEP Groundwater - Pennsylvania's Cool Resource
• Pennsylvania Geologic Survey's The Geology of Pennsylvania's Groundwater
• EPA The Water Sourcebooks
• WREN Groundwater - A Primer for Pennsylvanians

WATER WELLS

• Private Water Wells in Pennsylvania (directLINK "private wells")
• Well Abandonment Guidelines, from Chapter 7, DEP Groundwater Monitoring Guidance Manual
• Erosion and Sediment Control Best Management Practices for Water Well Drilling and Aquifer Testing - (Removed for Revision)
• Surface Coal Mining and Your Water Supply; What Every Property Owner Should Know

GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMPS

• Ground Source Heat Pump Systems, (Removed for Revision) (Adobe PDF file)
• Fact Sheets
  Ground Source Heat Pump Systems (Fact Sheet, 3920-FS-DEP2006 - Scroll down on page)

MONITORING AND DATA

• Groundwater Monitoring Guidance Manual, Revised, December 2001 (Adobe PDF file)
• Groundwater Monitoring in Pennsylvania (under revision)
  • Groundwater Quality Monitoring Data (1985 - 1997) from Pennsylvania's Ambient and Fixed Station Network (FSN) Monitoring Program
  • Trend Analysis of Regional Groundwater Data, Southeastern Pennsylvania (MS Word file)
• U.S. Geological Survey, Groundwater data (Includes groundwater level data)
• Pennsylvania Geologic Survey, Groundwater data
  

SOURCE WATER PROTECTION FOR PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS

• Source Water Protection for public water systems
• Information on public drinking water systems

POLICY AND GUIDANCE

• Comprehensive State Ground Water Protection Program Technical Guidance (Adobe PDF file)

GROUNDWATER REMEDIATION

• DEP groundwater cleanups (DEP Land Recycling Program)

LINKS TO OTHER GROUNDWATER PROTECTION ORGANIZATIONS OR PROGRAMS

• American Ground Water Trust
• Bucks County Water and Sewer Authority
• Chester County Water Resources Authority
• EPA Ground Water and Drinking Water
• Ground Water Protection Council
• Montgomery County Health Department
• National Ground Water Association
• Pennsylvania County Conservation Districts Directory
• Pennsylvania Geologic Survey
• Pennsylvania Ground Water Association
• Pennsylvania Rural Water Association
• Department of Environmental Protection Water Planning Office
• The Groundwater Foundation
• U.S. Geological Survey, Pennsylvania District
• Water Resources Education Network