Existing Water Supply Protection Tools

Common sources of groundwater contamination are leaking or malfunctioning septic systems, residential lawn care and gardening, household hazardous chemicals, pharmaceuticals and personal care products, storm-water runoff, deicing agents,leaking underground storage tanks (USTs), leaking fuel tanks and/or spills from fluid transfers, and hazardous waste spills during transport or disposal.

Wayland Wellhead Protection Plan – June 2011

• Wellhead Protection Plan June 2011
• Plan Appendices A-D June 2011
• Plan Appendix E June 2011
• Plan Appendices F-N June 2011
• MassDEP Approval Letter 14 December 2011
• Wayland Wells Action Plan Chart

2002 MassDEP Source Water Assessment and Protection (SWAP) Report

• What is a SWAP report?
• 2002 MassDEP Wayland SWAP Report

Federal Laws and Regulations

• Clean Water Act
• Drinking Water Regulations

State Laws and Regulations

• Water Management Act
• Regulations & Standards
• Drinking Water Regulations
• Wellhead Protection Regulations
• Stormwater Regulations
• Wayland Water Management Act 2021 Permit

State Guidelines

• Massachusetts Water Conservation Standards (2018)
• MassDEP Sodium Guideline
• Implementation of Zone I Requirements

Town of Wayland Bylaws and Regulations

• Town Code Chapter 190 Water
• Town Code Chapter 191 Lawn Irrigation Systems
• Town Code Chapter 193 Stormwater and Land Disturbance
• Town Code Chapter 194 Wetlands and Water Resources Protection
• Town Code Chapter 198 Article 16 Aquifer Protection District
• Town Code Chapter 198 Aquifer Protection District Map
• Board of Health Private Wells Regulations (1982)
• Board of Health Hazardous Materials Regulations (2000)
• Board of Health Sewage Disposal Regulations (2022)
• Board of Health Floor Drain Regulations
• DEP Model Board of Health Floor Drain Regulation (2013)
• Fact Sheet Floor Drain Regulations

MassDEP Compliance

• DEP List of Compliant Towns August 2009
• Non-compliance database - Wayland
• Non-compliance database - Water departmentt

MassDEP Noncompliance – Historic

• Beaver Threat to Campbell Well August 2001
• Consent Order Exceeded Volume Allowed 6 August 2002
• Revised Water Management Act Permit  (August 2002)
• Letter to ConCom re plan to reduce water use (28 October 2002)
• Coliform Bacteria (9 October 2003)
• Coliform Bacteria (17 September 2004)
• Coliform Bacteria (24 October 2004)
• Coliform Bacteria (26 July 2005)
• Consent Order Coliform Bacteria (14 November 2005)
• Coliform Bacteria (26 September 2011)
• Lead & Copper Exceedances in Schools 2 December 2004
• Perchlorate Monitoring Violation (6 January 2005)
• Happy Hollow Zone I Violations (5 February 2007)
• Happy Hollow Zone I Violations Town Response (24 May 2007)
• Happy Hollow Zone I Improvements (22 Jun 07)
• Nonconformance Coliform Bacteria (26 September 2011)
• Nonconformance Coliform Bacteria (17 September 2012)