The Clean Water Act requires that every two years states and territories provide an assessment of the quality of all their waters and a list of those that are impaired or threatened.
The Guam Environmental Protection Agency is providing a 30 day period for the public and other stakeholders to comment on the Guam 2006 Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report (2006 IR).
The comment period began March 9 and Concludes April 6. The report can be viewed at Guam EPA's Operations Building at 15-6101 Mariner Avenue in Tiyan or downloaded here:
Guam Water Quality Standards
Guam's Water Quality Standards can be reviewed here.
Organization
The Water Programs Division is comprised of three programs:
In addition, the Water Programs Division supports and actively participates in the Guam Watershed Planning Committee, which is chaired by the Guam EPA Administrator.
The staff ensures that any permitted activities employ adequate environmental protection, through enforcement of or voluntary compliance with established statutes, regulations, standards, and use of direct enforcement action against polluters as necessary to reinforce compliance and authority of the Agency.
The Division's mission and organization are supported by the Guam Hydrogeologist, Mr. H. Victor Wuerch.
The authority for each program to develop regulations to protect water resources is provided by a combination of local and federal statutes. The authority to enforce portions of federal statutes and regulations not covered by local statutes, such as portions of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) is based on Memoranda of Agreement with U.S. EPA.
Additional Information
The reports below contain additional information related to Water Programs Division issues (pages will open in a new window).
- Stipulated Order for Preliminary Relief, Guam Waterworks Authority/US District Court, June 2003 (PDF, 364K)
- Protecting and Restoring Guam's Waters, a summary report prepared under Clean Water Act Section 319 Upgrade Requirements, September 1999 (PDF, 108K)
- Clean Water Action Plan for Guam, Unified Watershed Assessment, September 1998 (PDF, 164K)
- Guam Water Quality Standards Fact Sheet (PDF, 14K)
- Guam Water Quality Standards (PDF, 2.8MB)
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