The City of Cambridge’s Watershed Management Program utilizes federal, state and local regulations to achieve the goals of the program.

FEDERAL PROGRAMS

For more than a century, the U.S. Congress has passed laws designed to achieve specific environmental and natural resource management goals, many of which affect watersheds and drinking water quality. Over the past few years (1995-2000) the laws and regulations concerning drinking water have been enhanced by placing focus on protecting the quality of source water by watershed management.

The CWD utilizes the following federal Programs:

The Safe Drinking Water Act is the legislation from which all federal drinking water regulations are derived. The federal government implements the SDWA through delegating authority for its administration to the states. Although most states have primacy, the act stipulates minimum requirements and state agencies exercise judgment on individual cases. The SDWA enables the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to control contaminants by requiring compliance with maximum contaminant levels, and through monitoring and treatment technology requirements.

Please click this link to see Applicable Regulations (PDF)