Wyomings Source Water Assessment and Protection Program SWAP

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Wyomings Source Water Assessment and Protection
Program (SWAP)

• Wyoming Association of Conservation Districts
• 22 March 2006
• Brian Mark
• Wyoming DEQ
• 777-6371
• bmark_at_state.wy.us

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Background
É 1996 SDWA Amendments É Preventative
Approach Complementary To Traditional
Methods Patterned After Wellhead Protection É
Regulatory Flexibility State Lead É Wyomings
Unique Primacy Status
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Key Elements
É State Lead Allow Flexibility on State and
Local Levels Land Use and Water Quality
Management Choices É Public Support Information
Involvement
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A State Must Outline How It Will
É Involve The Public É Establish Source Water
Areas É Identify Potential Sources
Of Contamination É Determine Susceptibility É
Publicize Results
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Wyomings Goals
É Public Participation É Assessment of All
Public Water Systems É Protection Plans É
Provide Information And Assistance To Communities
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Public Participation
É Advisory Committee Participants Role É Web
Page É Newsletters
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Delineation
É Define the area or zone from which the water
originates and travels to the intake or well. É
Surface Water Systems É Ground Water Systems É
Combination Systems
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Surface Water Systems
É Include Entire Watershed É To State Line É
Transbasin Diversions É 13 Of All Public Water
Systems É 24 Of Community Systems
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Ground Water Systems
É Calculated Fixed Radius É Analytical Models É
Hydrogeologic Mapping É 85 Of All Public Water
Systems É 74 Of Community Systems
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Combination Systems
É Ground Water Under The Direct Influence Of
Surface Water É Less Than 2 Of All Public
Water Systems É May Be Others Karst
Aquifers Alluvial Aquifers
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Inventory Zones

• É Groundwater
• Zone 1 -- 100 feet around well
• Zone 2-- 2 year time of travel
• Zone 3 -- 5 year time of travel

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Inventory Zones

• É Surface Water
• Zone 1 -- 100 feet around intake
• Zone 2-- 15 miles upstream, 1000 feet on either
  side of stream
• Zone 3 -- remaining watershed

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Susceptibility
É 3 Factors System Integrity System
Sensitivity Contaminant Characteristics
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Susceptibility
É System Integrity Age Construction/Maintena
nce Conveyances
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Susceptibility
É System Sensitivity Confirmed Contaminant
Detection
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Susceptibility
É Contaminant Characteristics Contaminant
Type Confirmed Release Proximity To Well Or
Intake
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Determining Susceptibility
É Susceptibility Ratings É Summarize Contamina
nt Source Type Table Contaminant Type
Table Narrative Summary
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Assessment End Products
É GIS Maps Intakes, Wells Source Water
Areas Potential Sources Of Contamination É
Potential Sources Of Contamination Contaminants
Sources É Susceptibility Analysis
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Role Of Water Systems

• É Review State Delineation
• É Contaminant inventory
• Review states
• Perform local
• É Assessment report
• Review
• Summarize for CCR
• Publicize availability
• Copies of report

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Incentives To Participate
É Financial É Prevention vs. Cure É
Multi-barrier Protection
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Incentives To Participate

• É Planning document
• Protection plans
• Contaminant source management
• Contingency plans
• É Information
• New employees
• New managers or local officials
• Customers

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http//deq.state.wy.us/wqd/www/srf/Pages/SWAP/inde
x.asp
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Wyoming State Revolving Funds

• Programmatic Requirements and Details
• Wyoming Association of Conservation Districts
• 22 March 2006
• Brian Mark
• Wyoming DEQ
• 777-6371
• bmark_at_state.wy.us

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Applicant Milestones

• Intended Use Plan Ranking
• Public Participation
• National Environmental Policy Act
• Creditworthiness Demonstration
• Construction Permitting
• Socio-Economic Cross-Cutters
• Bidding/Procurement/Construction
• Loan Draft Requests
• Project Closeout

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SRF Program Requirements

• Draft Intended Use Plan
• Eligible Projects Ranking
• Public Participation
• State Loan Investment Board Approvals
• EPA Reviews and Audits
• Quarterly and Annual Reporting
• Annual Grant Applications

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Ranking System Criteria

• Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act
  require programs to rank all eligible projects
  seeking financial assistance
• Rankings must be made based upon public health
  and compliance issues
• Systems facing enforcement actions will always
  rank highly
• Systems replacing infrastructure will typically
  rank lower

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Common Enforcement Issues

• Administrative Orders
• Boil Orders
• Significant Non-compliance Status
• Safe Drinking Water Act Maximum Contaminant Level
  Exceedances
• Clean Water Act-Wyoming Pollutant Discharge
  Elimination System Violations
• Stream/Water Body Impairment
• Total Maximum Daily Loads

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Typical Steps to Obtain a Loan

• Identify a project need
• Contact SRF Program
• Appear on the Intended Use Plan
• Find a dedicated repayment source
• Council or Board passes SRF resolution
• Comply with NEPA requirements
• Hold public meeting
• Fill out and submit application

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Typical Steps to Obtain a Loan

• Appear before State Loan and Investment Board
• Board awards loan
• Council, Board, Mayor sign loan documents
• Governor signs loan documents
• City submits loan draft requests

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Typical Steps to Obtain a Loan

• DEQ, WDO, OSLI review loan draft request, which
  includes invoices of all eligible charges
• Office State Land Investments sends check to
  City
• City cashes check!!!!!!!!!

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Summary of SRF Activities

• All first round money loaned to DEQ LUST
• All second round money to communities
• 1991 -1998 29M
• 1999 Present 289M
• Second largest POTW loan in all of EPA Region
  VIII

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CLEAN WATER LOAN APPROVALS
DRINKING WATER LOAN APPROVALS 1991 1 1992
0 1993 1 1994 2 1995 1 1996
2 1997 1 1998 0 1999 4 1999
1 2000 5 2000 5 2001 8 2001
7 2002 9 2002 6 2003 8 2003
7 2004 10
2004 13
2005 13 2005
11 2006 5 2006 10
TOTALS 72 60

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Outlook for SRF programs

• Timely and expeditious clause
• CWSRF Continue to fund communities with second
  round money
• Transfer second round funds from CWSRF to DWSRF
• DWSRF Use mostly first round money and second
  round on limited basis
• Sunset 2011 and 2019, may be earlier

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Summary

• CW and DW SRFs have adequate
• Project proponent must
• gt appear on Intended Use Plan
• gt conduct public meetings
• gt comply with NEPA
• gt dedicate a guaranteed repayment
  source
• gt fill out application

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Summary

• gt submit last three audits and current budget
• gt complete a capacity development assessment
  demonstration for DWSRF
• gt appear before the State Loan and Investment
  Board.

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Questions?

• Contact
• Brian Mark
• Wyoming DEQ
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• Email bmark_at_state.wy.us