General Information on National Capacity Development Program Trends for Small Drinking Water Systems

Capacity Development Programs identify systems (in many cases small systems) in need of assistance in acquiring and maintaining technical, managerial, and financial capacity. The documents and tools below contain general information on national program trends.

• Reports 
• Databases

Reports 

• National Capacity Development Strategic Plan (816-K-07-003)
  This plan provides a roadmap identifying how EPA's National Capacity Development Program will support the Office of Water's strategic goal to improve PWS performance.
• Re-Energizing the Capacity Development Program: Findings & Best Practices from the Capacity Development Re-Energizing Workgroup (816-R-11-004)
  The findings and best practices from the Capacity Development Re-Energizing Workgroup
• Report of the National Drinking Water Advisory Council Small Systems Implementation Working Group (816-R-00-012) The report conveys the National Drinking Water Advisory Council’s (NDWAC) Small Systems Implementation Working Group's recommendations for states to consider, which includes water-system capacity development, public awareness and education, water-system governance, water-system organization, water service costs and affordability, unsustainable water systems, and water-policy institutions.
• National Characteristics of Drinking Water Systems Serving 10,000 or Fewer People (816-R-10-022)
  Characteristics of small drinking water systems serving 10,000 or fewer people, and how these characteristics may impact short and long-term sustainability. 
• Public Water System Historical Significant Non-Compliers: National Trends Report (816-R-10-015)
  Provides information on Public Water Systems that are Historical Significant Non-Compliers and provides information on the National Trends
• Community Water System Survey Reports 
  These surveys collected data to support the development and evaluation of drinking water regulations for Community Water Systems. 
• Multiple Barrier Approach to Public Health Protection (816-K-06-005)
  A brochure describing the Multiple Barrier Approach to Public Health Protection.

Databases

• Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) Dashboard
  The EPA/State Drinking Water Dashboard provides an overview of the SDWA regulatory activities of EPA and the implementing states, Tribes, and territories. The dashboard provides an easy-to-use summary of key activities to answer questions like: which PWS are regulated, how many PWS have been inspected, how many systems have had alleged violations identified and enforcement action taken, and how many systems have returned to compliance. 
• Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) Federal Reporting Service System
  This system offers the capability to query the Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) Fed Data Warehouse via report filters and various reporting options. Information can include basic characteristic of a system, violations and enforcement information.