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The following page provides contact information for drinking water authorities in the states of each city we surveyed, as well as watershed maps, right-to-know reports, and information about compliance with federal standards and requirements. Where available, links are also provided to comments submitted by state environmental officials regarding proposed reductions in federal clean water protections. For more about these contacts and resources, see below.

Resources and Contacts by City
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Albuquerque, NM
State Drinking Water Contact Info: City of Albuquerque Public Works Department Water Utility Division P.O. Box 1293 Albuquerque, NM 87103 505-857-8260
Right-to-Know Report	Watershed/Source Water Maps	Compliance Info	State Comments on CWA Rollback
Albuquerque Right-to-Know Report	Rio Grande-Albuquerque Map (Note: Albuquerque's water comes from local groundwater from the Santa Fe Group Aquifer)	Albuquerque Compliance Info	NM Comments

Atlanta, GA
State Drinking Water Contact Info: United Water Services Atlanta Operations Department 651 14th Street, N.W. Atlanta, GA 30318 One-Call Customer Service Center at 404-658-6500
Right-to-Know Report	Watershed/Source Water Maps	Compliance Info	State Comments on CWA Rollback
Atlanta Right-to-Know Report	Upper Chattahoochee River Map	Atlanta Compliance Info	GA Comments

Baltimore, MD
State Drinking Water Contact Info: City of Baltimore, Department of Public Works The Abel Wolman Municipal Building Room 300 200 North Holliday Street Baltimore, MD 21202 410-396-3500
Right-to-Know Report	Watershed/Source Water Maps	Compliance Info	State Comments on CWA Rollback
Baltimore Right-to-Know Report	Gunpowder-Patapsco Map	Baltimore Compliance Info

Boston, MA
State Drinking Water Contact Info: Boston Water & Sewer Commission 980 Harrison Avenue Boston, MA 02119 617-989-7000 Mass. Water Resource Agency
Right-to-Know Report	Watershed/Source Water Maps	Compliance Info	State Comments on CWA Rollback
Boston Right-to-Know Report	Chicopee (Quabbin) Map Nashua (Ware) Map	Boston Compliance Info	MA Comments

Chicago, IL
State Drinking Water Contact Info: Richard Rice Chicago Department of Water 1000 East Ohio Street Chicago IL 60611 312-744-6635
Right-to-Know Report	Watershed/Source Water Maps	Compliance Info	State Comments on CWA Rollback
Chicago Right-to-Know Report	Lake Michigan Map	Chicago Compliance Info	IL Comments

Denver, CO
State Drinking Water Contact Info: Denver Water Board 1600 West 12th Avenue Denver, CO 80254 303-628-5973
Right-to-Know Report	Watershed/Source Water Maps	Compliance Info	State Comments on CWA Rollback
Denver Right-to-Know Report	South Platte Headwaters Map Upper South Platte Map Colorado Headwaters Map St. Vrain Map	Denver Compliance Info

Detroit, MI
State Drinking Water Contact Info: Detroit Water and Sewerage Department County Served: Wayne 735 Randolph Street Detroit, MI 48226 313-964-9570 (Public Affairs Division)
Right-to-Know Report	Watershed/Source Water Maps	Compliance Info	State Comments on CWA Rollback
Detroit Right-to-Know Report	Detroit Map Lake St. Clair Map Lake Erie Map Pigeon-Wiscoggin Map Kawkawlin-Pine Map	Detroit Compliance Info	MI Comments

Fresno, CA
State Drinking Water Contact Info: City of Fresno Department of Public Utilities City of Fresno Water Division 1910 East University Avenue Fresno, CA 93703-2988 559-498-4136
Right-to-Know Report	Watershed/Source Water Maps	Compliance Info	State Comments on CWA Rollback
Fresno Right-to-Know Report	Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes Map Upper King Map Middle San Joaquin-Lower Chowchilla Middle San Joaquin-Lower Merced-Lower Stanislaus Upper San Joaquin	Fresno Compliance Info	CA Comments

Houston, TX
State Drinking Water Contact Info: Senior Assistant Director Roger W. Hulbert Water Production Branch City of Houston Department of Public Works and Engineering 611 Walker Street, 21st Floor Houston, Texas 77002 713-837-0600
Right-to-Know Report	Watershed/Source Water Maps	Compliance Info	State Comments on CWA Rollback
Houston Right-to-Know Report	Upper Trinity Map Buffalo-San Jacinto Map	Houston Compliance Info	TX Comments

Los Angeles, CA
State Drinking Water Contact Info: George Gewe, Water Quality Office Los Angeles Department of Water and Power P.O. Box 51111 Room 1213 Los Angeles, California 90051-0100 (800) 342-5397 or (213) 367-3182
Right-to-Know Report	Watershed/Source Water Maps	Compliance Info	State Comments on CWA Rollback
Los Angeles Right-to-Know Report	Mono Lake Map Crowley Lake Map Owens Lake Map San Joaquin Delta The following are some of the watersheds that feed the Colorado River upstream of the Lake Mead water intake: Lake Mead (Colorado River) Map Hualapai Wash Map Ft. Pierce Wash Map Lower Virgin Map Detrital Wash Map Havasu Canyon Map Kanab Map Grand Canyon Lower Colorado-Marble Canyon Map Las Vegas Wash		CA Comments

Manchester, NH
State Drinking Water Contact Info: Manchester Water Works 281 Lincoln Street 603-624-6494
Right-to-Know Report	Watershed/Source Water Maps	Compliance Info	State Comments on CWA Rollback
Manchester Right-to-Know Report, 2002 and 2003 Manchester Right-to-Know Report, 2001	Merrimack Map	Manchester Compliance Info

New Orleans, LA
State Drinking Water Contact Info: Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans 625 St. Joseph Street New Orleans, LA 70165 504-865-0420
Right-to-Know Report	Watershed/Source Water Maps	Compliance Info	State Comments on CWA Rollback
New Orleans Right-to-Know Report	Lower Mississippi-Baton Rouge Map Lower Mississippi-Greenville Map Lower Mississippi-Natchez Map Lower Mississippi-New Orleans	New Orleans Algiers Compliance Info New Orleans Carrolton Compliance Info	LA Comments

Newark, NJ
State Drinking Water Contact Info: Anthony DeBarros Newark Water Department Route 23 Newfoundland, NJ 07424 973-733-8016
Right-to-Know Report	Watershed/Source Water Maps	Compliance Info	State Comments on CWA Rollback
Newark Right-to-Know Report (click on CCR link)	Hackensack-Passaic Map	Newark Compliance Info	NJ Comments

Philadelphia, PA
State Drinking Water Contact Info: Kumar Kishinchand, Commissioner Philadelphia Water Department ARAMark Tower, 1101 Market Street, 3rd Floor 215-685-6300
Right-to-Know Report	Watershed/Source Water Maps	Compliance Info	State Comments on CWA Rollback
Philadelphia Right-to-Know Report	Lower Delaware Map	Philadelphia Compliance Info	PA Comments

Phoenix, AZ
State Drinking Water Contact Info: Phoenix Municipal Water System Maricopa County 5204 East Thomas Road Phoenix, AZ 85018 602-262-7454
Right-to-Know Report	Watershed/Source Water Maps	Compliance Info	State Comments on CWA Rollback
Phoenix Right-to-Know Report	Upper Salt Map Lower Salt Map Upper Verde Map Lower Verde Map Carizo Map	Phoenix Compliance Info	AZ Comments

San Diego, CA
State Drinking Water Contact Info: City of San Diego Water Department Operations Division 2797 Caminito Chollas, MS 43 San Diego, CA 92105-5097 (619) 527-3121
Right-to-Know Report	Watershed/Source Water Maps	Compliance Info	State Comments on CWA Rollback
San Diego Right-to-Know Report	San Joaquin Delta Map San Diego Map The following are some of the watersheds that feed the Colorado River upstream of the Lake Mead water intake: Lake Mead (Colorado River) Map Hualapai Wash Map Ft. Pierce Wash Map Lower Virgin Map Detrital Wash Map Havasu Canyon Map Kanab Map Grand Canyon Map Lower Colorado-Marble Canyon Map Las Vegas Wash Map	San Diego Compliance Info	CA Comments

San Francisco, CA
State Drinking Water Contact Info: San Francisco Public Utilities Commission SFPUC Customer Service Bureau 425 Mason Street San Francisco, CA 94102 Toll-Free Number: (877) 737-8297
Right-to-Know Report	Watershed/Source Water Maps	Compliance Info	State Comments on CWA Rollback
San Francisco Right-to-Know Report, 2002 San Francisco Right-to-Know Report, 2001 2000San Francisco Right-to-Know Report, 2000	Upper Tuolumne Map San Francisco Bay (Alameda) Map		CA Comments

Seattle, WA
State Drinking Water Contact Info: Seattle Public Utilities 710 Second Ave. Seattle, WA 98104-1713 206-615-0827
Right-to-Know Report	Watershed/Source Water Maps	Compliance Info	State Comments on CWA Rollback
Seattle Right-to-Know Report	Lake Washington (Cedar) Map Snoqualmie (Tolt) Map	Seattle Compliance Info	WA Comments

Washington, DC
State Drinking Water Contact Info: Libby Lawson District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority WASA Public Affairs Office 5000 Overlook Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20032 202-787-2200 Washington Aqueduct U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 5900 MacArthur Boulevard, NW Washington, D.C. 20315-0220 202-764-2753
Right-to-Know Report	Watershed/Source Water Maps	Compliance Info	State Comments on CWA Rollback
Washington Right-to-Know Report	Middle Potomac-Anacostia-Occoquan Map	Washington Compliance Info

About These Contacts and Resources

State Drinking Water Contact Information: Use the contact information provided to obtain additional information concerning water quality in your area, and to learn about opportunities for citizen involvement and meetings of the local water supplier.

Consumer Confidence (or "Right-to-Know") Reports: These are links to water quality reports published by each city's water supplier. The reports are supposed to contain information on levels of certain contaminants in drinking water, compliance with tap water rules, water sources, etc. The quality and accuracy of these reports varies.

Watershed or Source Water Characterization Maps & Potential Polluters: Use these links to access EPA maps of the watersheds or other source water for each city. Each watershed has been classified according to its vulnerability to water quality problems based on EPA's Index of Watershed Indicators (IWI). You can find specific pollution sources by zooming in on each map and can navigate around the area using the mapping features. Once you've zoomed in on a specific area of the watershed, dots appear showing potential polluters; information on each potential polluter can be found by double clicking on the dot on the map representing the facility.

Compliance Information: These links take you to information on each water system's violations of tap water standards and monitoring and reporting requirements, as recorded in the U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS). EPA audits show that the SDWIS database, while required by federal law to be accurate, often fails to include violations known to state officials, and on rarer occasions reports violations that did not occur. Problems remain despite NRDC's repeated urging that EPA clean up the database, and despite internal reports and investigative reports showing chronic underreporting. See USA Today, "Data Stream Polluted by Inaccuracy."

State Comments on Clean Water Act Rollback: These documents contain comments submitted by state environmental officials to the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers regarding a proposed rulemaking by these agencies that would reduce the number of categories of water bodies protected by the Clean Water Act. States' comments were overwhelmingly against the proposed rule, and in favor of preserving existing Clean Water Act jurisdiction for the protection of surface waters.

last revised 6/11/2003