本文讨论了利用《清洁水法案》项目建立水源保护项目。《清洁水法案》有一套强大的监管和计划工具，如果重点适当，可以确定可行的地表水源保护计划。作者用EPA的术语阐明了水源保护，并提供了EPA和其他地方正在进行的工作的简要背景；说明了《清洁水法案》的主要内容及其与饮用水项目的联系；并根据《清洁水法案》的条款，为使用地表水的公共供水系统起草了水源保护计划。

This paper discusses using the Clean Water Act programs to build a source water protection program. The Clean Water Act has a powerful set of regulatory and program tools that, if properly focused, could define a workable surface water source protection program. The author clarifies source water protection in EPA's terms and offers a brief background on what is underway at EPA and other places; illustrates the major Clean Water Act elements and how they link to the drinking water program; and sketches out a source water protection program in Clean Water Act terms for public water systems using surface water.