# A2.2 Catchment management and source water protection

Australian Water and Wastewater Association (1999). Catchment Management Workshop Proceedings. Adelaide.

United States Environmental Protection Agency. Source water protection. Further references available at: <https://www.epa.gov/sourcewaterprotection>.

United States Environmental Protection Authority (1999). Protecting sources of drinking water: selected case studies in watershed management. USEPA, Washington DC. Available at: <https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPURL.cgi?Dockey=200027IX.txt>.

United States Environmental Protection Authority (1999). Guidance manual for conducting sanitary surveys of public water supply systems; surface water and groundwater under the direct influence (GWUDI). Available at: <https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPURL.cgi?Dockey=200022MT.txt>.

World Health Organization (WHO) (2016). Protecting surface water for health. Identifying, assessing and managing drinking-water quality risks in surface-water catchments. Edited by Rickert B, Chorus I, Schmoll O. ISBN 978 92 4 151055. World Health Organization. Geneva, Switzerland.


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