AWWA的新英格兰区（NEWWA） 将公共供水列为一个明确的优先事项。 水资源的提取和分配 针对这些问题，纽瓦开始制定政策建议 供水系统考虑， 联邦监管机构和州当局。该部门 水资源委员会（WRC）负责 审查中国的水资源分配政策和程序 康涅狄格州、缅因州、马萨诸塞州、， 新罕布什尔州、罗德岛州和佛蒙特州。 经过一年多的工作，WRC开发了一个 监管筛选矩阵和关于水的白皮书 供应允许延迟和河道内流量设置 政策。2003年初，NEWWA董事会 采纳了WRC报告中的政策。 该政策包括七个与水有关的领域 供应分配:分配优先级；供给 经营存储、互连和传输； 确定未来的供水来源 以及开发冗余供应；保护 干旱；基金还有，水 供应商输入。作为其政策的一部分，纽瓦还 制定实施措施的建议 在每个地区。 根据NEWWA的说法，水的首要任务 分配满足公众的饮用水、烹饪、， 安全健康地运输废料， 以及消防需求。水供应商必须 管理他们的水源和使用他们的补给 尽可能高效。供水社区 应该与美国环境保护署合作 机构、州监管机构和当地机构 充足的供应以满足未来的需求。为了促进这一点 目标、许可流程需要简化和完善 监管负担减轻了。最重要的是水供应商 当其他人配制水时，不得坐在后座 影响公用事业公司运营的分配和提取政策 满足消费者需求的能力。包括2个参考文献。

The New England Section of AWWA (NEWWA) has made public water supply a clear priority. Faced by a range of water allocation and withdrawal issues, NEWWA began developing policy recommendations for consideration by water systems, federal regulators, and state authorities. The section's Water Resources Committee (WRC) was charged with reviewing water allocation policies and procedures in the six-state region of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. After more than a year of work, the WRC developed a regulatory screening matrix and white paper on water supply permitting delays and instream flow-setting policies. Early in 2003, the NEWWA Board of Directors adopted the policy derived from the WRC report. The policy comprises seven areas related to water supply allocation: allocation priority; supply management; storage, interconnection, and transfer; identification of future sources of water supply and development of redundant supplies; conservation and drought; funding; and, water supplier input. As part of its policy, NEWWA also developed recommendations for implementing measures in each area. According to NEWWA, the prime priority for water allocation is meeting the public's drinking water, culinary, safe and healthy transportation of waste material, and fire protection needs. Water providers must be stewards of their water sources and use their supplies as efficiently as possible. The water supply community should partner with the US Environmental Protection Agency, state regulators, and local agencies to secure sufficient supply for future needs. To facilitate this goal, permitting processes need to be streamlined and the regulatory burden eased. Above all, water suppliers must not take a backseat while others formulate water allocation and withdrawal policy that will affect utilities' ability to meet consumer needs. Includes 2 references.