Agencies and Organizations

There is a vast array of agencies and organizations with programs, activities, initiatives, and ideas dealing with water protection. These groups provide access to information as well as the resources and tools for protecting the integrity of water resources and helping to ensure a sustainable water future.

Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP)

• DEP Fact Sheet Wellhead Protection
• Developing a Local Wellhead Protection Plan 
• Drinking Water Program
• DEP Drinking Water Forum Powerpoint (29 April 2009)
• Wellhead Protection Guide for Small Communities

Environmental Protection Agency

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Drinking Water
• WaterSense Program
• EPA Wellhead Protection Program (August 2010)
• Drinking Water Protection
• Source Water Protection
• Ground Water
• Drinking Water Contaminants

Massachusetts Water Resources Authority

• The Water System
• How the System Works
• Water Quality Testing
• Cochituate System  1848-1951
• May 1 2010 Major Water Main Break & State of Emergency
• MWRA Annual Water and Sewer Retail Rate Survey (2023)

Organizations

• Charles River Watershed Association
• Department of Conservation and Recreation
• Environment and Human Health, Inc
• Healthy Child Healthy World
• Massachusetts Rivers Alliance
• Mass Rural Water Association
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• New England Water Works Association
• Organization for the Assabet River (OARS)
• Sudbury Assabet Concord River Watershed Community Council 
• University of New Hampshire Stormwater Center
• USGS – Sudbury River data
• Water Resources Commission