Below are links to Source Water Protection ordinances, primarily from Pennsylvania. These should only be used as a starting point and sample language to develop a SWP ordinance for your community. PRWA does not make any claims that these ordinances can withstand legal challenge. They are available here for your convenience. Your local attorney/solicitor should be consulted prior to enactment of any ordinance or zoning.
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Pennsylvania
Bainbridge WHP model ordinance 1992 (540.7 KB)
Dover Borough WHP ordinance enacted 1997 (830.9 KB)
Dover Township WHP model ordinance 1992 (852.5 KB)
DRAFT -Mount Pocono Borough WHP ordinance 2002 (includes non-community wells) (362.5 KB)
Earl Township-East Earl Township-Terre Hill-New Holland ordinance (815.8 KB)
East Petersburg WHP enacted ordinance 1997 (851 KB)
East Stroudsburg aquifer protection overlay zoning enacted 1990s (266.8 KB)
East Marlborough Township Groundwater Protection District 1979 - carbonate (11.9 KB)
Etna Borough WHP ordinance 2001 enacted (joint w/ Shaler Twp) (814.1 KB)
Kutztown WHP Overlay District ordinance 1995 (507 KB)
Kutztown-Topton-Lyons-Maxatawny model WHP ordinance 1993 (823.2 KB)
Lehigh-Northampton Counties model ordinance 1992 (917.7 KB)
Shaler Township WHP ordinance enacted 2002 (joint w/ Etna) (900.8 KB)
Sharpsburg Borough WHP ordinance 2001 - Allegheny Co., PA
Shrewsbury WHP ordinance enacted 2002 (835.7 KB) - MS Word version (75 KB)
South Middletown Township WHP ordinance enacted 1998 (2.0 MB)
Springfield Township Zoning - includes WHP Overlay District - enacted 2001 (257.6 KB)
Upper Macungie Township WHP ordinance 1992 (792.9 KB)
West Shiteland Township Carbonate Area District Ordinance enacted 1984 (14.5 KB)
New Britain Township - WATERSHED Protection ordinance - 2003 (2.3 MB)
Model Riparian Buffer Ordinance (Montgomery Co., PA - on POWR website)
Geothermal / Ground Source Heat Pump Wells (GSHP)
Spring Creek (Centre County) Borehole Ordinance
Model Ground Source Heat Pump Ordinance (nationwide)
Shrewsbury Borough Geothermal Ordinance
Shrewburgy Geothermal Form
link to Edinboro Geothermal Ordinance.
Sewage/Septic Management Ordinances
Half Moon Township sewage ordinance
Ferguson Township sewage ordinance
Non-Pennsylvania
EPA's website for model ordinances
(includes SWP, WHP, stormwater, etc)
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