Department of Public Healths Drinking Water Section

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• Department of Public Healths Drinking Water
  Section
• Leadership Perspective and Highlights of the
  Reorganization
• ATCAVE 2009

Lori Mathieu Public Health Services Manager
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DPH Drinking Water SectionProactive Approach

• Section organization functions
• Regional Approach
• Information Management
• Enforcement Operator Certification
• Planning Source Water Protection
• Capacity Development

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Darrell Smith Section Chief
Regulatory Services BranchDrinking Water
Section
Lori Mathieu PH Services Manager
Compliance Michael Hage Health Services Water
Supply Section Supervisor
Office Support Eileen Kelber Office Supervisor
Enforcement Certification Gary Johnson Sup Env
Analyst
Capacity Development Cameron Walden Sup San Eng.
Information Systems Christopher Roy Sup San Eng
Source Protection Vacant (L. Mathieu) Sup. Env.
Analyst
Region 2 Thomas Chyra Sup San Eng
Region 1 David Cooley Sup San Eng
Planning Steven Messer Sup San Eng
Carol Martin Office Asst
C. Madonna SE 2
Vicky Carrier SE 3
S. Rossetti-Nichols EA 2
D. DelVecchio SE 3
Henry Adams SE 3
William Sullivan SE 2
John Czaja SE 3
Torrilynn Walton Office Asst

• Casey Fleming
• Eng Intern

Tiziana Shea SE 2
S. Ramsbottom SE 3
Patricia Bisacky EA 2
K. Pacholski EA 2
Eric McPhee SE 3

• R. Tetreault
• SE 3

Linda Li Engineer Intern
Hazra Rajbally Clerk Typist
Sachin Patel Eng Intern
Alex Tabatabai EA 2
Richard Iozzo EA2
Florin Ghisa SE 2
Raul Tejada SE 2
Sandra Downie HP Assoc
Mira Lami EA 1
Thomas Reed EA 3
Sandra Thorstenson Clerk Typist
Mandy Smith SE 2
Cindy Sek SE 2
Theodore Dunn HP Assoc
Laverne Smith Clerk Typist
Robert Baran EA 2
Rachel Nowek HP Assoc
O. Akinkunmi EA 1
Phil Uzanas, Jr. Lead Plan. Analyst

12/19/08
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Compliance RegionsNorth Region Tom Chyra,
PESouth Region David Cooley, PE

• Sanitary Surveys
• Water and Treatment Works Project Reviews
• Security Emergency Response (WEAR Team)
• Consumer Complaints
• Well Permit Exemptions
• Technical Assistance to PWS/Consumers

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Beyond the Regulations

• Drinking Water Infrastructure Security
• Networks and Partnerships Local/State/Federal
• Mutual Aid - CtWARN
• Visit www.CtWARN.org to join (FREE)
• 24/7 Coverage/Communications/Response
• 860-509-8000 staffed 24/7
• Weekend/Off-hour DWS coverage

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Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS)

• SDWIS Upgrade Details
• Chris Roy, Supervisor
• Modernized Web-Based Application
• Incorporates new rules LT2, State 2 DBPR,
  Groundwater, Lead and Copper Revisions
• Will introduce new reporting requirements
  sampling data file formats, fields, procedures,
  etc.

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Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS)

• Drinking Water Watch Public Access on DWS
  Website
• Inventory Information
• Monitoring Requirements
• Sampling Results
• Violations and Enforcement Actions
• Consumer Confidence Reports

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ENFORCEMENTGary Johnson, Supervisor

• Radionuclide Rule - Administrative Orders to 10
  community public water systems that are currently
  out of compliance with the Rule. These systems
  must submit a plan on how they are going to
  comply with the Rule
• Monitoring Reporting- violations have declined
  over the past few years, new rules have numerous
  new requirements
• NOVs - Public water systems that continue to
  incur water quality monitoring and consumer
  confidence reporting violations will receive
  Notices of Violation with Civil Penalty. Check
  your monitoring and reporting schedule on the DPH
  website.

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OPERATOR CERTIFICATION

• Community and non-transient non-community public
  water systems are required to have a certified
  operator for their public water system.
• Enforcement for Systems that fail to retain or
  employ an operator
• Duties and responsibilities should clarified and
  documented between system owner and system
  operator

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Water Supply PlanningSteve Messer, Supervisor

• Provide a faster, more responsive and robust
  service to the water industry and the public.
• Reduce cost associated with preparation and
  review of the plan by providing streamlined
  tools, assessments, and hands-on technical
  assistance through training sessions.
• Allow more focused analysis of the water supply
  plan for a water supply company as well a region
  and across the state.
• Assist water companies with compliance with
  regulations to provide clean and sufficient water
  to the public and avoid enforcement actions.
• Most importantly, to make water supply plans a
  useful, important, everyday tool for water
  companies.

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Water Supply Plan Tools

• Tabulated forms to provide and update revised WSP
  information
• Streamlined process
• Electronic submittals allows for easy access and
  analysis
• May be interfaced with SDWIS
• Consistent definitions and usage of terms by all
  water companies
• New DPH Review Format for Water Supply
  Plans-Intended to improve consistency, clarity,
  and technical review
• Identify, encourage and resolve issues using
  DWSRF loans
• Use the WUCC process to facilitate overriding
  issues within a region and potentially across
  regions and statewide
• Coordinate updates and revisions with sanitary
  surveys also use recent sanitary surveys to
  evaluate WSP updates

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Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity
(CPCN)

• CPCN projects located within an Exclusive Service
  Area (ESA) require an offer of service from the
  respective ESA provider
• Role of the WUCC and ESA provider
• Streamline process

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Source Water Protection

• Proactive
• Know your source water quality and source water
  area
• Identify and work to eliminate issues within
  source water area

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Capacity UnitCam Walden, Supervisor

• DWSRF
• Capacity development
• Asset Management
• ARRA

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Drinking Water RevolvingLoan Fund

• Provides low interest loans to eligible PWS for
• SDWA Compliance
• Infrastructure Sustainability
• Sources of Funding
• Annual Capitalization Grant award
• Leveraging (Bond sales)
• Executed loan repayment streams
• Over 90 million in executed loans to date
• Annual call for project loan Eligibility
  Applications
• Prioritization of project funding based on point
  system
• Visit our website for additional information

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Asset Management (AM)

• Goal To manage assets responsibly to provide the
  best possible water service to customers at a low
  cost
• Advanced AM Training March 24 and 25 at Crown
  Plaza Hotel in Hartford
• ( http//www.neiwpcc.org/ )
• Check Up Program for Small Systems (CUPPS) free
  EPA AM software for small systems
• ( http//www.epa.gov/cupss/ )

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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)

• 2 billion dollars nationally for DWSRF
• 19 million (1) for CT DWSRF
• 50 of Grant must be used to subsidize projects
• 20 of Grant for Green Infrastructure
• Davis-Bacon Act (prevailing wages) will apply
• American Iron, Steel and Manufactured Goods
• Projects receiving funding will be prioritized
  based on construction readiness within 120 days
• Loan agreements executed and construction
  contracts awarded within 12 months
• Refinancing projects started after Oct. 1, 2008

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Thank You