Contents, Danish Environmental Protection Agency

Groundwater Protection in Selected Countries

1. Summary

2. Introduction
2.1	Background
2.2	Europe’s Environment: The Second Assessment
2.3	Selection of countries and acknowledgements

3. Groundwater protection milestones
3.1	Pathways to groundwater protection
3.2	Categories of milestones

4. Precautionary Principle
4.1	Background
4.2	Definition
4.3	Implementation pitfalls

5. Comparisons
5.1	Environmental pressures and resources
5.2	Number of contaminated sites
5.3	Prioritisation of remediation
5.4	Financing the remediation of point sources
5.5	Water source and use
5.6	Treatment of groundwater
5.7	Milestone status
5.8	Methods for groundwater protection

6. Discussion
6.1	Multifunctionality strategy
6.2	Water treatment strategy
6.3	Combined strategy
6.4	Discussion questions

7. Literature

Attachment 1: Austria

1. Background information
1.1	Basic facts
1.2	Structure of environmental authorities
1.3	Statutory and advisory information

2. Point Sources
2.1	Number of Sites
2.2	Time frame for clean-up
2.3	Costs

3. Water Supply
3.1	The groundwater resource
3.2	Supply statistics
3.3	Water supply structure
3.4	Water treatment
3.5	Drinking water criteria
3.6	Costs

4. Groundwater Protection
4.1	Prevention
4.1.1	Wellhead protection zones
4.1.2	Conservation areas
4.1.3	Environmental challenges from diffuse sources of pollution
4.1.4	Mapping of vulnerability
4.2	Remediation
4.2.1	Prioritising contaminated sites
4.2.2	Criteria
4.3	Costs

5. Literature
Appendix
Attachment 2: Denmark

1. Background information
1.1	Basic facts
1.2	Structure of environmental authorities
1.3	Statutory and advisory information

2. Point Sources
2.1	Number of Sites
2.2	Time frame for clean-up
2.3	Costs

3. Water Supply
3.1	The groundwater resource
3.2	Supply statistics
3.3	Water supply structure
3.4	Water treatment
3.5	Drinking water criteria
3.6	Cost

4. Groundwater Protection
4.1	Prevention
4.1.1	Well field protection zones
4.1.2	Aquifer protection zones
4.1.3	Costs
4.2	Remediation
4.2.1	Prioritising contaminated sites
4.2.2	Criteria

5. Literature
Appendix
Attachment 3: England

1. Background information
1.1	Basic facts
1.2	Structure of environmental authorities
1.3	Legislation

2. Point Sources
2.1	Number of Sites
2.2	Time frame for clean-up
2.3	Costs

3. Water Supply
3.1	The groundwater resource
3.2	Supply statistics
3.3	Water supply structure
3.4	Water treatment
3.5	Drinking water criteria
3.6	Cost

4. Groundwater Protection
4.1	General strategy
4.2	Policy statements
4.3	Vulnerability maps
4.4	Groundwater protection zones
4.5	Criteria

5. Literature

Attachment 4: Spain

1. Background information
1.1	Basic facts
1.2	Structure of environmental authorities
1.3	Statutory and advisory information

2. Point Sources
2.1	Number of Sites
2.2	Time frame for clean-up
2.3	Total costs and financing

3. Water Supply
3.1	The groundwater resource
3.2	Supply statistics
3.3	Drinking water criteria
3.4	Cost

4. Groundwater Protection
4.1	Preventive measures
4.1.1	Well field protection areas
4.1.2	Aquifer protection zones
4.1.3	Mapping of vulnerability
4.2	Remediation of existing problems
4.2.1	Prioritising contaminated sites
4.2.2	Criteria

5. Literature

Attachment 5: USA

1. Background information
1.1	Basic facts
1.2	Structure of environmental authorities
1.3	Statutory and advisory information
1.3.1	Superfund
1.3.2	RCRA
1.3.3	Clean Water Act
1.3.4	Safe Drinking Water Act

2. Point Sources
2.1	Number of Sites
2.2	Time frame for clean-up
2.3	Costs

3. Water Supply
3.1	The groundwater resource
3.2	Supply statistics
3.3	Drinking water criteria
3.4	Cost

4. Groundwater Protection
4.1	Preventive measures
4.1.1	Comprehensive State Ground Water Protection Programs
4.1.2	Well head protection plan
4.1.3	Sole Source Aquifer Program
4.1.4	Underground Injection Control Program
4.1.5	Source Water Assessment Program
4.2	Remediation of existing problems
4.2.1	Prioritizing contaminated sites
4.2.2	Criteria
4.3	Monitoring groundwater quality

5. Literature
Appendix