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Abstract
GIS and the Development of a Source Water Assessment Plan
Track: Water Resources
Author(s): Marcelo Reginato, Thomas Piechota
The Environmental Protection Agency requires every state to develop a source water assessment plan (SWAP) assessing the vulnerability of drinking water intakes. The first step in the SWAP is the delineation of source water protection zones. Within the protection zones, a database of potential contaminants to water bodies is created, and the likelihood of the contaminant reaching the water body is assessed. ArcView is used to delineate the protection zones within the Las Vegas Valley, identify the proximity of potential contaminants to the drinking water intake, manage GPS field data, and investigate the land uses within the protection zones.
Marcelo Reginato
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Civil and Environmental Engineering
4505 Maryland Parkway
Box 454015
Las Vegas , NV 89154-4015
USA
Phone: 702-895-2623
Fax: 702-895-3936
E-mail: reginato@unlv.edu
Thomas Piechota
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Civil and Environmental Engineering
4505 Maryland Parkway
Box 45-4015
Las Vegas 89154-4015
USA
Phone: 702-895-4412
Fax: 702-895-3936
E-mail: piechota@ce.unlv.edu