source water protection

A picture of the Lehigh River in fall near Jim Thorpe, for an LCA blog on source water protection week. Image credit: Paul Hamilton/Istock

Source Water Protection Week: It Takes a Community

Have you ever heard the term “source water protection” and thought, “There’s nothing I can do about that”? The good news is, you’re wrong. “Source water” is any body of water—such as rivers, streams, lakes, springs, groundwater and reservoirs—that can be used as a source of drinking water. And “source water protection” simply means keeping…