Established
by the U.S. EPA Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water,
the Drinking Water Academy (DWA) is a long-term training initiative
whose primary goal is to expand EPA, State, and Tribal capabilities
to implement the 1996 Amendments to the Safe Drinking Water
Act (SDWA). In addition to providing classroom and Web-based
training, the DWA will act as a resource for training materials
pertaining to SDWA implementation. EPA formed the DWA
to help EPA, States, and Indian Tribes enhance program capability
to meet the public health protection objectives of the SDWA
requirements. The 1996 SDWA Amendments created a number
of new programmatic challenges for the States, Tribes, and
the water systems they regulate. The Amendments also
provided new funding opportunities to meet these growing needs. DWA
training will support EPA, State, and Tribal efforts to implement
these new regulations.
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