It had been delineated and issued eighty-six of the drinking water source quality protection area and forty-nine of the drinking water intake point with a certain distance, i.e. 10.78 % of total area in Taiwan. In order to enact the strategic environmental assessment on government policies, the project entitled “Strategic Environmental Assessment on Changes in Scope of the Drinking Water Source Quality Protection Area (2/2)” was funded by the Environmental Protection Administration of the Executive Yuan. In this second year the main tasks included: (1) to prepare the draft manual for changes in the scope of the protection area; (2) to collect and analyze international related management regulations for the protection area; (3) to prepare the required material for the review meeting on the draft EIA Statement; and (4) to provide other assistance, support and assigned affairs. The draft manual for changes in the scope of the protection area contains five chapters and one appendix. Chapter one is the general statement to explain purpose, use of terms, basic principles and working procedure. Chapter two is the delineation processes to explain the delimiting principles, review items and application documents. Chapter three is the adjustment processes to explain the adjusting principles, review items and application documents. Chapter four is the revocation processes to explain the revoking principles, review items and application documents. Chapter five is the renewal processes to explain the renewing principles, review items and application documents on the drawings and information. The appendix contains the related forms and the method for the delimitation of the protection area. By collecting the international related management regulations and case studies for the drinking water protection area, the following countries were discussed: the USA, Japan, European Union, the United Kingdom, Germany, Mainland China and Australia. In order to assist the reviewing processes of the draft EIA Statement, such as public hearing, task force meeting and EIA Reviewing Committee, the required material preparation and the report printing were performed. Finally the following prospective tasks for the management of the drinking water protection area were proposed: (1) to enforce the concerned management efforts for the protection area; (2) to ensure the working processes for changes in the scope of the protection area; (3) to maintain the ecological/environmental integrity and continuity in the protection area; (4) to establish the classifying and zoning systems based upon the spirit of the cap system for water pollutants; and (5) to develop and expand the public participation mechanisms.

environmental impact assessment, drinking water, government policy