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28Drinking Water Source Protection Fund (DWSP)
From the Safe Drinking Water Act, loans and grants are also available for drinking water
protection projects: low interest loans up to a maximum of $100,000 per project, and grant
funds up to $30,000 per water system. Eligible systems include any public and privately-
owned Community and Nonprofit Non-Community water systems with a completed Source
Water Assessment are able to demonstrate a direct link between the proposed project and
maintaining or improving drinking water quality. Eligible activities include those that lead to
risk reduction within the delineated source water area or would contribute to a reduction in
contaminant concentration within the drinking water source. Projects can take either a local
or regional approach. Local projects are defined as activities that concentrate on a public
water system’s source area(s). Regional projects are defined as activities that involve
multiple communities and/or water systems attempting to address a common source water
issue or group of issues.
The categories for eligible projects for DW Source Protection funding include the following:
Refined Delineation OHA and DEQ have completed delineations for most drinking
water source areas (DWSA) for the community and non-community public water
systems. DWSAs include aquifer recharge areas for groundwater sources and
watershed areas for surface sources. DW Source Protection funding can be used to
complete, update, or refine DWSA delineations using new or additional site-specific
information as part of a more comprehensive protection strategy.
Updated Assessment
Inventory – Projects that improve upon existing potential contaminant
source inventories available from the DEQ database, Geographic Information
System, and Assessment Reports prepared by OHA/DEQ. A project could
involve expanding or updating the inventory of land uses or existing and
potential point and non-point contaminant sources.
Evaluation – Projects establishing a water quality monitoring project to
evaluate existing and potential threats to water quality. This could include
evaluating and prioritizing potential threats (or protection activities) based
upon new or more detailed information.
Source Protection Planning
Projects designed to identify appropriate protection measures, including
development of a comprehensive DW Source Protection plan, educational projects,
projects to identify and ensure implementation of Best Management Practices
(BMPs), development of local DW Source Protection ordinances, development of
restoration or conservation plans for the source area for future easement or land
acquisition.
Implementation
Funds can be used to implement many types of protection strategies in drinking
water source areas. This can include implementation of any eligible activities that
will reduce risks within the source water area or would contribute to a reduction of
contaminant concentration within the drinking water source(s).
Examples of the types of projects that can be funded include:
Implementing drug-take-back projects in source areas
.
Projects for reducing pesticide application rates and loadings in source area
Implementing pesticide and household hazardous waste collection events
Closure of high-risk abandoned or unused (private or irrigation) wells close to
supply well
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Last Updated 6/2016
By: Sheree Stewart
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