Sanitary Surveys, DWSRF, and Capacity Building in Wisconsin

Beth Goldowitz, Capacity Development Coordinator Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

DWSRF AND CAPACITY BUILDING IN ACTION WEBINAR SERIES — July 28, 2016

Overview

• Wisconsin’s public water system universe

• Using set-asides for sanitary surveys

• Sanitary survey prep

• Conducting surveys

• Findings and follow-up

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Wisconsin basics • More than 11,500 public water systems

• More than 10,400 non-community systems

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4 system types:

• Primacy: WI Department of Natural Resources, Bureau of Drinking Water & Groundwater

• WI Public Service Commission also regulates 578 MC systems

DWSRF set-asides & sanitary surveys

• Inspection staff

• Drinking Water System (DWS) database

• County contract program (TN)

• Technical assistance program (OC, NN)

• Set-asides o program management

o local assistance

o technical assistance

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Sanitary survey prep

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• Program management set-aside supports data system

• System inventory information

• Sample history

• Past violations

• Operator certification

• Previous surveys

• Pre-survey report

• Public Service Commission annual reports (MC) – financial capacity, water loss

Available in DWS

DWS for sanitary survey prep

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Sampling history

Violations

Conducting sanitary surveys

• DNR field inspectors

o program management set-aside

• County contract program (TN)

o local assistance set-aside

o capacity development strategy, at-risk systems

o county/local health departments act as agents

o single inspector promotes efficiency

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Contracts for TN sanitary surveys

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• Program scope: o 51 counties o 6,800+ systems o scope is limited

• Program basics: o annual site visit o sampling o public notice o sanitary survey o Level 2 assessments o seasonal start-up tracking

Conducting sanitary surveys

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Sanitary surveys in 2015

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• Community — 3 year cycle

• Non-community — 5 year cycle

Sanitary survey findings/tracking in DWS

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• Report generated by data system

• Deficiencies • Corrective action

plans • Violations

Follow-up analyses using DWS

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• Data system used to analyze performance

• Identify priority needs

• Target training o operators o DNR staff

Top deficiencies

Sanitary survey follow-up

• DWS & milestones — system follow-up, compliance deadlines

• Technical assistance program (OC, NN)

o technical assistance set-aside

• SRF loan program (MC)

o significant deficiencies (scoring)

o capacity assessment (scoring + eligibility)

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Review

• WI = many small non-comm’s

• DNR relies heavily on:

o data system

o technical assistance contractors

• “Everything we do in this program is capacity development.”

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Beth Goldowitz, Wisconsin DNR beth.goldowitz@wisconsin.gov 608-266-3484 http://dnr.wi.gov, search “drinking water”

Thanks to: Adam DeWeese, sanitary survey coordinator Beth Finzer, county contract coordinator Jim McLimans, administrative policy coordinator

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