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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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