Story #8 is the story of SSM’s award-winning wellhead protection implementation project.

SSM was the engineer for an award-winning Wellhead Protection Implementation project in the Borough of Kutztown years ago. After the Safe Drinking Water Act amendments of 1986 highlighted the need for wellhead protection to safeguard drinking water, SSM worked with Kutztown Borough, as well as Topton and Lyons to provide a regional approach to wellhead protection with grant funds provided by the EPA.

This was one one of the first plans of its kind to be implemented in Pennsylvania. But, it was most certainly not the last time SSM would be involved in protecting groundwater.

Over the past 30 years, SSM has continued to provide expertise in wellhead protection plans including construction of several groundwater flow models to delineate the source water protection area for wellhead protection projects. Working directly with PaDEP through the Source Water Assessment and Protection Program as a result of the Reauthorization of the Safe Drinking Water Act in 1996 and later with the Source Water Protection Technical Assistance Program, our team continues to assist in protecting water for community systems throughout the state.

While the Kutztown Wellhead project may have been years ago, we are proud to say it continues to make an impact today

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