Illinois' workplan has been approved, Michigan's is currently under review, and the rest of the State workplans are in various stages of development. Other discussion focussed on source water assessment approaches, available resources, and methods for involving the public, both for source identification and in citizen's advisory committees. Following the meeting the States submitted a list of suggestions which will help Region 5 better focus its future source water protection efforts. Region 5 compiled a report of source water protection meeting discussions, including the results of brainstorming discussions and State-generated questions and answers. The report was distributed to the State, HQ and Regional participants on December 30, 1997.
Copies are available on request.
Compliance Report indicated that those CWSs had monitoring and reporting violations of the Total Coliform Rule in November. November's CTS Compliance Report for CWS bacteriological violations was cleared when the water operators responded to the reminders with copies of all required bacteriological monitoring results for that month. Region 5 Tribes recently experienced a surge of activity as seven Tribal operators in Michigan successfully completed the States' water operator certification examinations. Nine operators from five different reservations began their quest for certification in late September with the help of the SDWB Circuit Rider. After several on-site review sessions, the completion of numerous sample examinations, and many hours of reading, the operators acquired the confidence needed to complete the State exams on November 6th.