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Who is the Potomac
DWSP Partnership?
The DWSP Partnership is a voluntary alliance
of drinking water suppliers and government agencies working
to protect drinking water sources, thereby safeguarding both
public health and the environment. Through work groups and
active discussion at meetings, the Partnership is identifying
a strategy for carrying forward source water protection as
recommended by source water assessments that were prepared
throughout the Potomac basin. The Partnership now has nineteen
member organizations [members.htm].
Organizational
History
The founding members of the Partnership include
water utilities serving nearly 4 million residents of the
Potomac Basin as well as agencies representing four states,
the District of Columbia, and the U.S. EPA. The effort to
form the Partnership began after the completion of source
water assessments for the Washington D.C. metropolitan area,
when the water suppliers who share the Potomac River as their
source met with state and federal representatives to share
their results and discuss next steps. After a series of meetings,
the concept of the DWSP Partnership evolved from the shared
vision of all the stakeholders to protect drinking water in
the basin.
The original member organizations finalized an organizational
framework and a resolution to
form the DWSP Partnership on April 13, 2004 . The Partnership
was officially launched at a ceremony held on September 24,
2004 at Little Seneca Reservoir in Black Hill Regional Park
near Germantown, Md. The event included a formal signing of
the Partnership resolution by the 16 charter members along
with displays by members, water-related artwork by school
children and a symbolic tree-planting ceremony.
At the August 9, 2005 meeting of the Partnership, a Strategic
Plan for source water protection in the Potomac River
Basin was adopted. This plan outlines the priorities and projects
that the Partnership will be pursuing in the coming years.
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