| Goal 2: Safe and Clean Water - Ensure drinking water
is safe. Restore and maintain oceans, watersheds, and their aquatic
ecosystems to protect human health, support economic and recreational
activities, and provide healthy habitat for fish, plants, and wildlife.
|
| Objective 2.1: Protect human health by reducing exposure
to contaminants in drinking water (including protecting source waters),
in fish and shellfish, and in recreational waters. |
| 2.1.1 |
Water Safe to Drink: Percentage of the population served
by community water systems that receive drinking water that meets
all applicable health-based drinking water standards through effective
treatment and source water protection. |
SDWIS |
Region,
State &
Tribe |
93.6% |
93% |
95% |
Population |
OGWDW |
| Strategic Targets |
| |
Percentage of the population served by community water systems
that receive drinking water that meets health-based standards with
which systems need to comply as of December 2001. |
SDWIS |
Region,
State &
Tribe |
93.6% |
94% |
95% |
Population |
OGWDW |
| |
Percentage of the population served by community water systems
that receive drinking water that meets health-based standards with
a compliance date of January 2002 or later. (Covered standards include:
Stage 1 disinfection by-products/interim enhanced surface water
treatment rule/long-term enhanced surface water treatment rule/arsenic). |
SDWIS |
Region,
State &
Tribe |
Jan-04 |
75% |
80% |
Population |
OGWDW |
| |
Percentage of community water systems that provide drinking water
that meets health-based standards with which systems need to comply
as of December 2001. |
SDWIS |
Region,
State &
Tribe |
91.6% |
94% |
95% |
Community
Water
Systems |
OGWDW |
| |
Percentage of community water systems that provide drinking water
that meet health-based standards with a compliance date of January
2002 or later. (Covered standards include: Stage 1 disinfection
by-products/interim enhanced surface water treatment rule/longterm
enhanced surface water treatment rule/arsenic). |
SDWIS |
Region,
State &
Tribe |
Jan-04 |
75% |
80% |
Community
Water
Systems |
OGWDW |
| Percentage of the population served by community water systems
in Indian country that receive drinking water that meets all applicable
health-based drinking water standards. |
SDWIS |
Region,
State &
Tribe |
91.1% |
90% |
95% |
Population |
OGWDW |
| |
Percentage of source water areas for community water systems that
achieve minimized risk to public health. (“Minimized risk” achieved
by substantial implementation, as determined by the state, of source
water protection actions in a source water protection strategy.) |
SDWIS |
Region,
State &
Tribe |
5% |
20% |
50% |
Source
Water
Areas |
OGWDW |
| Program Activities |
| |
Each year, all tribal water community systems will have undergone
a sanitary survey within the past 3 years. |
SDWIS |
Region
& Tribe |
Requirement
takes effect
in Dec. 2004 |
80% |
100% |
Tribal CWSs |
OGWDW |
| Source Water Protection Programs |
| |
Number of tribal water systems that have completed a source water
assessment consistent with national guidelines. |
WATERS |
Region & Tribe |
Requirement
takes effect
in Dec. 2003 |
n/a |
n/a |
Tribal Water
Systems |
OGWDW |
| Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking
Water Act Integration Measures |
| |
Identify waters used by community water systems as a source of
drinking water for which states/tribes, have wherever attainable,
adopted water quality standards with public water supply as a designated
use, or for which states/tribes have adopted water quality standards
that provide an equivalent level of human health protection. (Note:
"An equivalent level of human health protection" refers
to the MCL, or to the section 304(a) human health criterion water
plus organism value.) |
WATERS |
HQ |
n/a |
Completion |
2005
Completion |
Standards |
OGWDW/
OST |
| Subobjective |
| 2.1.2 |
Fish and Shellfish Safe to Eat. The quality of water and
sediments will be improved to allow increased consumption of safe
fish and shellfish as measured by the strategic targets described
below. |
(See Strategic
Target) |
|
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
OST/
OWOW |
| Strategic Targets |
| |
Percentage of the water miles/acres identified by states or tribes
as having a fish consumption advisories in 2002 where increased
consumption of safe fish is allowed. (485,205 river miles, 11,277,276
lake acres). |
National Listing
of Fish and
Wildlife Advisories |
Region & State |
0% |
1% |
3% |
Miles/Acres |
OST/
OWOW |
| Program Activities |
| |
Number of tribal fish advisory programs that have adopted and
applied the national fish advisory guidance to making fish advisory
determinations for local waters. [565 federally recognized tribes,
including Alaska Native villages.] |
Internal program tracking system |
Region & Tribe |
3 |
4 |
10 |
Tribes |
OST |
| |
Number of states and authorized tribes that have adopted the new
fish tissue criterion for mercury. |
Internal program tracking system |
Region, State & Tribe |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
n/a |
OST |
| Objective 2.2: PROTECT WATER QUALITY - Protect the
quality of rivers, lakes and streams on a watershed basis and protect
coastal and ocean waters. |
| Subobjective |
| 2.2.1 |
Protect and Improve Water Quality on a Watershed Basis - Number
of the nation’s 2,262 watersheds where: water quality standards
are met in at least 80% of the assessed water segments; and all
assessed water segments maintain their quality and at least 20 percent
of assessed water segments show improvement above conditions as
of 2002. |
State section 305 (b) Reports |
Region & State |
- 453
- 0 |
- 500
- TBD |
- 600
- 200 |
Watersheds:
- Attaining Stds
- Improved |
OWOW |
| Strategic Targets |
| |
Number of monitoring stations in tribal waters for which baseline
data are available where water quality is improved (i.e., shows
at least a 10% improvement for each of four key parameters: total
nitrogen, total phosphorus, dissolved oxygen, and fecal coliforms.)
(900 stations nationwide). |
NWIS |
Region & Tribe |
0 |
35 |
90 |
Stations |
AIEO |
| |
Number of households on tribal lands lacking access to basic sanitation. |
Indian Health Service |
Region & Tribe |
71,000 |
62,750 |
35,000 by year 2015 |
Households |
OWM/AIEO |
| Program Activities |
| Water Quality Standards |
| |
Number of states & authorized tribes that have completed a review
of water quality standards within three years of the previous triennial
review under Section 303(c) of the CWA. (56 states/territories,
& 22 authorized tribes). |
Internal program tracking system |
Region & State |
55 |
n/a |
n/a |
States/
Territories & Authorized Tribes |
OST |
| |
Cumulative number of tribes that have water quality standards
approved by EPA. |
Internal program tracking system |
Region & Tribe |
23 |
33 |
33 |
Tribes |
OST |
| |
Each year, percentage of state/tribal water quality standards
submissions that are approved/disapproved by EPA within 90 days.
(No directly associated tribal action required.) |
Internal program tracking system |
HQ & Regions |
n/a |
73% |
75% |
Standard Submissions |
OST |
| Monitoring |
| |
Number of tribes that currently receive EPA funding that have
developed comprehensive monitoring strategies that serve all water
quality management needs, and address all tribal waters, including
all water body types and that provide their water quality data in
a system accessible for storage in EPA's STORET. |
Internal program tracking system |
Region & Tribe |
0
0 |
4
0 |
90
45 |
Tribes with:
- Comp Mont. Strategies
- STORET |
OWOW |
| Watershed Planning, TMDLs, and Nonpoint
Source |
| |
Number of tribes that currently receive EPA funding in 2004 that
have participated with states &/or EPA in development of measures
(e.g., TMDLs or watershed-based plans) to restore and protect watersheds
with impaired waters. |
Internal program tracking system |
Region & Tribe |
TBD in 2004 |
24 |
20 |
Tribes |
OWOW |
| Permitting and National Regulations |
| |
Percentage of all NPDES permits that are considered current and,
beginning in 2005, the percentage of high priority permits that
are also current; permits for facilities in Indian country are to
meet the same standard/schedule. [Targets to be reevaluated once
universe of priority permits is defined in cooperation with states/tribes] |
PCS |
Region, State & Tribe |
82.4%
n/a
n/a
n/a |
87%
95%
88%
95% |
90%
95%
90%
95% |
-All permits State
-Priority permits State
-All permits Ind Cntry
-Priority permits Ind Cntry |
OWM |
| Goal 4: Healthy Communities, and Ecosystems - Protect,
sustain or restore the health of people, communities, and ecosystems
using integrated and comprehensive approaches and partnerships.
|
| Objective 4.3 - Ecosystems. Protect, sustain, and
restore the health of natural habitats and ecosystems. |
| Subobjective |
| 4.3.2 |
Wetlands. Net gain / loss in number of acres of wetlands. |
|
Region & State |
(58,000) |
100,000 |
400,000 |
Acres |
OWOW |
| Program Activities |
| |
Number of tribes that have participated in watershed-based wetlands
and stream corridor projects for which EPA has provided significant
financial assistance (including 104(b)(3) Wetland Program and Five
Star restoration program &/or technical assistance. (565 Federally
recognized tribes) |
Internal Tracking System |
Region & Tribe |
29 |
34 |
170 |
Tribes |
OWOW |
| |
Number of major projects that have been completed in states and
tribes that significantly improve the effectiveness of compensatory
mitigation. [cumulative] |
Internal Tracking System |
Region, State & Tribe |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Projects |
OWOW |
