Division of Public Health Drinking Water State Revolving Fund.

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1 Division of Public Health Drinking Water State Revolving Fund

2 Background -Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) passed in 1974, amended in 1986 and 1996 -Designed to protect public health Established health-based standards protecting against wide range of contaminants -through regulation of the public drinking water supplies.

3 Safe Drinking Water Act ODW enforces the Safe Drinking Water Act for Delaware. – Delaware was granted primacy in 1978. – Primacy means our regulations are properly adopted, enforceable and at least as stringent as EPA regulations. – 16 Delaware Code 122(3)(c)

4 Role of the DWSRF -EPA provides grants used to support low- interest loans -State provides technical, managerial and financial assistance to water systems -Delivered thru focused set asides programs -Provisions for extra assistance for disadvantaged communities with greater economic needs

5 Why in Public Health? -DWSRF is located within the Primacy agency that administers the Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) program -PWSS maintains drinking water regulations, tracks system compliance and enforcement of regulations

6 DWSRF Priorities -Public Health Protection -Compliance with drinking water standards -Affordability

7 DWSRF Annual Cycle - Notice of Intent or Pre-Application request -Collection, scoring and ranking of applications -Development of Intended Use Plans and Hosting of Public Hearings or Workshops -Writing the Budgets and Grant Application -Issuing of Binding Commitments and loans -Continuing project management and sub - recipient monitoring

8 DWSRF Grant Basics -State must match 20% of the Federal grant -Request match through State Budget process -Grant has five elements -Loan portion -2% Technical Assistance for Small Systems -4% Program Administration -10% Program Management (Additional 1:1 match required) -15% Capacity Development

9 Loan Portion - Starting July 2013 DNREC will manage loan portfolio, loan disbursements and repayments -The DWSRF Administrator, Heather Warren -Develops customer/community relationships -Assesses the needs of the customer/community -Orchestrates the loan process -Hosts public hearings and workshops

10 2% Technical Assistance -This set aside is used to fund training programs for the water systems operators -Currently funds two technical assistance providers -Del-Tech Environmental Training Center -to train and certify Delaware’s Water Operators - Delaware Rural Water Association -provide on-site technical assistance to over 65 small water systems

11 4% Program Administration -This set aside is geared to paying the cost of running the Loan program -In the past it paid legal expenses and other costs associated with loans and outreach -The current grant 4% is consumed solely by DNREC salaries

12 10% Program Management -Supplement the PWSS program activities; -enforcement of SDWA regulations -data management -laboratory certification -compliance assistance -operator certification program -Underground Injection Control Program (DNREC) -This regulatory program controls real and potential sources of ground water contamination. -Requires a dollar for dollar “soft “ match

13 15% Capacity Development - Capacity Development & DWSRF loan recipients -Assists drinking water systems and DWSRF applicants in building technical, financial, and managerial capacity. -Source Water Protection (DNREC) -Delaware Wellhead Protection Program (WHPP) -Source Water Assessment and Protection Program (SWAPP)

14 Project Management -Engineering Reviews, Project Management and Davis Bacon Wage Certification are handled by our Public Health Engineering Section, led by Doug Lodge -The Public Water System Supervision (PWSS), Capacity Development and Operator Certification programs are managed by the Office of Drinking Water (ODW), led by Ed Hallock

15 Projected Demand Delaware’s 20-year demand is: Large Community Water Systems - $73.5M Small Community Water Systems - $291.6M Non-profit non-community systems - $3.7M Total over the next 20 years = $368.8 million According to the Fifth Report to Congress of the Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey and Assessment released in April 2013.

16 Drinking Water Systems DPH/ODW regulates approximately 485 public water systems 214 community water systems 187 transient non-community systems 84 non-transient non-community water systems

17 System Compliance Delaware is more stringent than the EPA in several areas; – Established standards for MTBE and Nickel – Our MCL for PCE, TCE and vinyl chloride is lower than EPA’s standards. – In 2012 16.8% of Delawareans served drinking water by a community water system were exposed to a health-related contaminant above the MCL and 17.3% of the water systems had at least one violation in 2012.

18 CPCNs The Public Service Commission issues Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCNs) ODW provides comment on all new applications for a CPCN

19 Drinking Water Supply and Source Water Protection ODW works closely with DNREC on source water protection activities - Cooperate regularly on monitoring events when contamination is either suspected or has been identified DWSRF has provided over $5M to DNREC Source Water Protection activities

20 DWSRF vs. PWSS Congress established the DWSRF in the 1996 Amendments – Created set asides because drinking water programs were underfunded – 10% set aside designed to supplement the PWSS grant and ensure states could maintain a drinking water program 10% set aside 1:1 match requirement allows states to use all of the 1993 PWSS match and any overmatch from the current year PWSS grant

21 Total $$ To date, the program has closed over $161M in loans.

22 Borrowers 30 municipalities 1 private – Wilkerson Water Co 3 investor-owned – Artesian – Tidewater – United

23 Ineligible Projects Per 40 CFR Parts 9 and 35 Dams Reservoirs Water Rights Future Population Growth Equipment that’s useful life will not last the life of the loan

24 Smallest Loan 1/16/2001 Closed a $34,321 loan with Granada Mobile Home Park for main upgrades and nitrate removal

25 Largest Loan 2/20/09 Closed a $18,975,000 loan with the City of Wilmington for new membranes at the Brandywine Treatment Plant

26 DWSRF Loans BINDING COMMITMENT LOAN CLOSING SITE NAME ODW PROJECT TOTAL DWSRF LOANS WMA STATE GRANTS 3/1/20006/23/2000Frankford$1,640,000$820,000 3/6/200010/20/2000Felton$370,000 1/16/2001 Granada MHP$34,321 11/16/20001/31/2001Fenwick Island - Artesian Water Co.$3,151,628 11/16/20001/31/2001South Bethany - Artesian Water Co.$1,155,516 12/6/20003/29/2001Blades$767,300$401,300$366,000 5/31/20011/31/2002Broadkiln Beach$270,800 05/25/0108/31/01McNicol Place - Tidewater Utilities$138,484 05/25/0108/31/01Bay Colony - Tidewater Utilities$190,992 05/25/0108/31/01Garrisons Lake - Tidewater Utilities$239,282 05/25/0108/31/01Voshells Cove - Tidewater Utilities$214,890 05/23/0106/08/01Milton$643,370 7/9/20028/23/2002Wilmington$11,000,000 7/24/200210/30/2002Greenwood$932,000 11/26/20021/31/2003Broadkiln Beach - Supplemental$140,000 12/11/20022/21/2003Keenwicks - Artesian Water Co.$1,822,062 12/11/20022/21/2003Route 54 Phase II - Artesian Water Co.$1,078,223 2/24/20034/14/2003Bear Trap - Tidewater Utilities$840,000

27 DWSRF Loans (pg 2) 2/24/20034/14/2003Jonathon's Landing - Tidewater Utilities$640,000 2/24/20034/14/2003Rehoboth/Lewes Tank - Tidewater Utilities$840,000 2/24/20034/14/2003Forest Grove - Tidewater Utilities*$0 2/24/20034/14/2003West Bay Park/Woods …- Tidewater U.$160,218 2/24/20034/14/2003Woodfield Tank - Tidewater Utilities$596,750 2/21/20034/14/2003Dagsboro$1,839,519$839,519$1,000,000 6/10/200311/12/2003Millsboro$893,200 7/30/200311/7/2003Midvale - Artesian*$0 7/30/200311/7/2003Wilmington Manor - Artesian*$0 7/30/200311/7/2003North Jane Way - Artesian*$0 7/30/200311/7/2003Olga Avenue - Artesian$580,000 7/30/200311/7/2003Spring Lake - Artesian$339,545 7/30/200311/7/2003Swanwyck Estates - Artesian$750,000 7/30/200311/7/2003Kentucky Avenue - Artesian$446,950 12/12/20033/24/2004 Jon./Wood./Reho.-Lewes Tidewater Supplemental$882,535 10/20/20034/19/2004Smyrna - Gardenside Proj.$1,750,000 12/1/20032/10/2004Laurel$1,083,300 6/16/20046/15/2005Town of Blades$114,000 1/5/20045/13/2004Frankford Supplemental$275,000 1/20/20056/30/2005Georgetown$556,500

28 DWSRF Loans (pg 3) BC Signed LOAN CLOSINGProject Name00 WMA STATE GRANTS 8/18/20041/20/2005Lewes$1,276,000 4/6/058/10/2005Lewes 4 street upgrade716,000 4/14/057/25/2005Angola District-TUI1,680,000 4/14/057/25/2005Chimney Hill-TUI320,000 4/7/058/10/2005Dagsboro Supplemental1,007,776560,481447,295 6/27/059/16/2005Wilmington Cool Springs Completion13,700,000 2/14/065/16/2006Smyrna elevated tank project from 02 PPL1,761,000 7/20/0524-Jul-06Clayton850,000 2/28/0629-Jun-06Lewes00 3/27/061-Jun-06TUI West Bay park993,000 Declined by CCSPI 10/06TUI Angola/Lochwood interconnection 11/13/200612/22/2006City of Wilmington-Porter Plant*3,795,000 10/27/20064/19/2007City of Rehoboth5,000,000 3/30/20076/22/2007City of Wilmington-main replacement3,185,000 10/1/200712/21/2007Town of Millsboro1,644,000 10/5/200712/21/2007Chimney Hill Supplemental-TUI140,000 10/5/200712/21/2007Oak Meadows-TUI940,000 12/12/20082/20/2009City of Wilmington-Brandywine18,975,000 12/12/20082/20/2009City of Wilmington-main replacement5,000,000

29 DWSRF Loans (pg 4) 12/15/20086/5/2009Town of Laurel2,512,000 6/11/20096/25/2009ARRA City of Wilmington8,900,000 6/9/20096/25/2009ARRA Town of Greenwood528,230 6/9/20096/25/2009ARRA Town of Smyrna3,768,000 6/17/20096/25/2009ARRA Town of Millsboro2,602,500 6/16/20096/25/2009ARRA City of Seaford2,729,408 6/11/20096/25/2009ARRA Town of Bridgeville250,000 01/27/1002/16/10TUI General's Greene1,114,800 02/24/1003/24/10City of Dover2,404,017 02/28/1006/11/10Town of Delmar400,206 02/03/1002/12/10Artesian3,959,110 01/26/1103/22/11TUI Southern Shores1,610,000 01/26/1103/22/11TUI Angola by the Bay2,785,740 01/14/1103/29/11Town of Laurel559,900 01/28/1104/29/11Town of Middletown2,186,000 01/26/1105/25/11City of Wilmington mains phase 12,000,000 01/26/1105/25/11City of Wilmington misc plant upgrades phase 12,500,000 01/31/1107/15/11Arteisan3,606,720 07/12/1108/12/11Georgetown mains2,199,410 02/13/1203/15/12City of Milford45,000 02/13/1203/15/12City of Milford4,000,0004.000.000 01/24/1203/15/12Town of Selbyville1,400,000 01/27/1203/23/12Town of Georgetown1,595,590 03/13/1203/30/12Town of Middletown825,000 01/31/1204/13/12Town of Blades375,000

30 DWSRF Loans (pg 5) 02/01/1205/11/12City of Wilmington-mains phase 22,000,000 2/1/11205/11/12City of Wilmington-misc plant upgrades phase 22,500,0002,000,000 05/02/1206/08/12Town of Georgetown3,300,000 02/17/1206/08/12Town of Delmar375,800 02/22/1204/20/12Town of Greenwood232,500 10/26/1212/11/12Bethany Beach2,600,000 11/28/1202/20/13Laurel--transite replacement1,116,675 10/31/1202/15/13Smyrna--Commerce Sts1,156,275 02/23/1305/10/13Delmar--Grove St Phase 1616,890 4544TOTAL$166,113,932$141,386,907$2,633,295 WMA Grants 6/13/20056/24/2005Town of Frederica$65,000 7/15/20057/29/2005Slaughter Neck Community Action Agency$15,000 5/12/20065/15/2006Town of Frederica$49,000 5/16/20065/17/2006Town of Greenwood$1,151,000 8/1/2006Town of Frankford$500,000 10/27/2006Town of Laurel$1,195,000 4/5/2007 Country Center Girl Scout Camp$16,174 Town of Frankford$850,000 WMA Loans 5/23/20067/24/2006City of Delaware City$297,300 12/5/200612/22/2006Broadkiln Beach$175,206 12/13/200612/22/2006City of Wilmington-Porter Plant*$0$1,246,499 $4,313,680 * Porter Plant funds moved from WMA to DWSRF to allow Frankford funding 8/09.

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