Operation and Maintenance Resources for Small Drinking Water Systems

Effective operations and maintenance support overall system sustainability.

These documents and tools below provide:

• Information about how to identify treatment technologies that remove multiple contaminants,
• Develop schedules for maintenance tasks, and
• Checklists and logs for recording findings.

• Removing Multiple Contaminants from Drinking Water: Issues to Consider (pdf) (391.97 KB, poster 30 x 20 inches, December 2007, EPA 816-H-07-004)
  This table describes treatment technologies that can remove multiple contaminants, identifies the contaminants that can be removed, and summarizes related operational and waste disposal issues.
• Cost Evaluation of Point-of-Use (POU) and Point-of-Entry (POE) Treatment Units for Small Systems: Cost Estimating Tool and Users Guide - This document provides a description of a costing tool developed to assist stakeholders with estimating costs for a centrally managed POU or POE strategy to comply with drinking water regulations.
• Point-of-Use or Point-of-Entry Treatment Options for Small Drinking Water Systems (pdf) (790.87 KB, April 2006, EPA 815-R-06-010)
  This document provides public water systems and States with the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) current policy on point-of-use and point-of-entry devices used for compliance.
• Preventive Maintenance Tasks for Small Public Water Systems Using Ground Water (pdf) (74.37 KB, booklet)
  The log cards and guidance booklet provide a schedule of routine operation and maintenance tasks for small drinking water systems that use a ground water supply.
• Preventive Maintenance Card File for Small Public Water Systems Using Ground Water (pdf) (74.85 KB, log cards, December 2004, EPA 816-B-04-002)
  The log cards and guidance booklet provide a schedule of routine operation and maintenance tasks for small drinking water systems that use a groundwater supply.