Funds And Resources For Drinking Water Source Protection - Department Of Environmental Quality
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28FUNDS AND RESOURCES for
Drinking Water Source Protection
This document provides brief descriptions and contact information for resources available to
public water systems, including grants and loans to fund drinking water infrastructure and
source protection projects. DEQ’s list of
"Technical Information and Factsheets for Water
Quality Protection"
provides other websites and resources available to public water systems
and community members seeking to work on watershed protection.
Note: The Internet links listed in this document were included as a convenience for the users
Environmental Solutions
Division
of this document. All URL Addresses were functional at the time this publication was last
Drinking Water Protection
updated (July 2016).
th
811 SW 6
Ave.
Portland, OR 97204
Phone: (503) 229-5413
Oregon Health Authority (OHA)
(800) 452-4011
Fax:
(503) 229-5408
Drinking Water Services
Contact: Sheree Stewart
Phone: 971-673-0405
wq/dwp/dwp.htm
Website:
The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) is the primacy agency for the implementation of the
federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SWDA) in Oregon. ORS 338.277 authorizes the OHA to
administer the federal Safe Drinking Water Act in Oregon as the Primacy Agency in
agreement with the federal government. ORS 448.131 further authorizes the adoption of
Oregon Health Authority
standards necessary to protect public health through insuring safe drinking water within a
Drinking Water Program
444 "A" Street
water system. Standards in OAR 333-061 outlines requirements for systems to meet MCLs,
Springfield, OR 97477
submit to periodic inspections, and meet enforcement requirements as administered by
Phone:
(541) 726-2587
Fax:
(541) 726-2596
OHA. As the primacy agency, OHA also approves drinking water treatment plans and sets
Contact: Tom Pattee
construction standards, operator certification standards, and enforces rules to ensure safe
g/dwp
drinking water. The OHA website has extensive information on drinking water treatment
requirements:
In order to assist systems in complying with standards, OHA also provides technical
assistance and oversight of grants and loans from the Safe Drinking Water Act for public
water system operation and improvements. For those Safe Drinking Water Act loans and
grant funds, the Oregon Health Authority partners with Oregon Infrastructure Finance
Authority to provide the financial services (see below).
Alternative formats
Alternative formats
Business Oregon - Infrastructure Finance Authority (IFA)
(Braille, large type) of
this document can be
Infrastructure Finance Authority (IFA)
made available. Contact
Municipal Infrastructure Funding
DEQ’s Office of
Communications &
Phone: (503) 986-0123
Outreach, Portland, at
Website:
(503) 229-5696, or toll-
free in Oregon at 1-800-
.
452-4011, ext. 5696
IFA is a division of Business Oregon that provides funding for municipally owned
infrastructure projects. IFA manages federal infrastructure funds for agencies such as
Oregon Health Authority and Housing and Urban Development. IFA is not a regulatory
agency but collaborates and supports our state and federal partners with financing programs
and technical assistance.
Last Updated 6/2016
By: Sheree Stewart
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