Cover Story
Watershed Approach Helps Mend Waterways (PDF, 1.9MB)
NESC staff writer Caigan McKenzie wrote the cover story Watershed Approach Helps Mend Waterways. In recent years, various organizations—the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency among them—have become interested in watershed approaches to assure clean water. This article provides an overview to adopting a watershed approach to water quality management.

Features
Lessons Learned (PDF, 296KB)
This short article expands on the cover story and draws out several important lessons with respect to watershed management.

Watershed Success Stories (PDF, 508KB)
This companion article to the cover story highlights communities where a watershed approach to water quality has resulted in dramatic improvements.

A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall (PDF, 2MB)
Proper well construction and enforcement of local regulations are critical in protecting public health, especially after a flood. This article examines a situation in California and offers advice for future projects.

Asset Management: A New Frontier for Utilities (PDF, 1.1MB)
Water and wastewater systems are made up of hundreds of different assets, each with a different worth and different longevity. Asset management is a holistic way of managing the tangible property in a system.

Raising Water Infrastructure Awareness (PDF, 3.1MB)
On Tap Associate Editor Kathy Jesperson takes a look at a public awareness project being developed at Penn State University. Most people take water for granted and aren’t adequately informed about the various work what must take place so that all of us continue to enjoy clean, safe drinking water.

Tech Brief
Tech Brief: Turbidity Control (PDF, 180KB)
The Tech Brief, a regular feature in On Tap that describes treatment technologies and issues for drinking water professionals, discusses turbidity control. Often described as the cloudiness observed in source water, turbidity can hinder treatment methods. This Tech Brief examines turbidity and implications with the phenomenon from source to distribution.

In Every Issue
Ask the Experts (PDF, 368KB)
On Tap’s panel of experts was asked the following question: “The Center for Watershed Protection estimates that there are more than 4,000 watershed groups around the country. Advocates see the watershed approach as having numerous benefits and encourage water and wastewater personnel to work with them to protect water resources. Do drinking water professionals work with watershed groups in your area? What do you see as being most beneficial about this approach?”

Calendar of Events (PDF, 344 KB)
News and Notes (PDF, 848 KB)
On the Web (PDF, 496 KB)
Fun Time (PDF, 312 KB)
Fun Time Answers (PDF, 328 KB)
Until Next Time (PDF, 616 KB)

Extras
Trucker Mike (PDF, 1 MB)
In two previous On Tap issues, we featured the work of Trucker Mike,a long-haul driver and photographer. We are pleased to report that he is still taking pictures of water towers. The photos on the inside covers of this On Tap are by Trucker Mike. View more of his work by logging on to his Web site at
www.mikiemetric.cc/WaterTowers.html.

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