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Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) has three drinking water intakes in theDetroit River and in Lake Huron. Both sources are part of the Great Lakes system and areshared with Canada. The system has five water plants and supplies an average of 640million gallons per day (mgd) of water to about 4 million people in Southeast Michigan.DWSD is developing a source water protection program (SWPP), as part of its 50-yearmaster plan, to start the long-term process of better protecting the water quality of itsdrinking water sources.The source water assessments of three DWSD's intakes have been completed, andprovides useful background information in the development of a SWPP. Backgroundinformation provided in this SWPP include regulatory review, watershed managementprograms, early warning monitoring system development, and source water protectionmodeling tools. The survey results of the SWPP activities from other metropolitanutilities were also provided, and the source water protection framework was developed.The SWPP is in its initial stages of development, and its main components and issues aresummarized here. Includes figure.

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Edition: Vol. - No. Published: 06/15/2003 Number of Pages: 8File Size: 1 file , 1000 KB