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    Office of Water Programs

    Explore this section to see all the ways DEP aims to protect water resources in PA

    Our Common Goal for Our Commonwealth

    Clean Water for All Pennsylvanians

    This booklet serves to inform local, county, and state elected officials and the general public about the Office of Water Programs, our bureaus, and the work we do in support of DEP’s mission under the Environmental Rights Amendment (Article 1, Section 27) of the Pennsylvania Constitution.

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    About the Office of Water Programs

    DEP's Office of Water Programs administers and oversees departmental programs involving surface and groundwater quantity and quality planning, and soil and water conservation. The office also coordinates policies, procedures, and regulations which influence public water supply withdrawals and quality, sewage facilities planning, point source municipal and industrial discharges, encroachments upon waterways and wetlands, dam safety, earth disturbance activities and control of storm water and non-point source pollution. In addition, the Office of Water Programs also coordinates the planning, design and construction of flood protection and stream improvement projects.