Iowa Admin. Code r. 567-44.6 - Eligibility
(1)
Eligible
systems. The following systems are eligible to receive funds from the
DWSRF for improvements as listed and defined in the Safe Drinking Water Act
amendments of 1996 ( P.L. 104-182, August 6, 1996).
a. Community drinking water
systems.
b. Nonprofit nontransient
noncommunity drinking water systems.
c. Cities and counties that are PWS or can
become viable new PWS as a result of this project.
d. Any other governmental subdivision of the
state responsible for a public water supply.
(2)
Ineligible systems. The
following systems are ineligible to receive funds from the DWSRF.
a. Any applicant that has not adopted and
implemented satisfactory department-approved water conservation plans and
practices, or demonstrated to the department an ongoing effort to adopt and
implement such plans and practices within one calendar year from the date of
the loan agreement.
b. Any
applicant in significant noncompliance with any applicable primary drinking
water regulation, unless the project will return the applicant to
compliance.
c. Any applicant
lacking viability (an applicant whose system lacks technical, financial, and
managerial viability to comply with the SDWA and is nonviable or lacks capacity
according to the definition of the SDWA), unless the applicant commits to
undertake appropriate changes in operations, including ownership, management
accounting, rates, maintenance, consolidation, alternative sources of water
supply, or other procedures if the director determines that such changes are
necessary to demonstrate viability.
d. Projects and activities deemed ineligible
for participation in the DWSRF by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund regulations ( 40 CFR Part 35, Subpart L) or
program guidance, or by the department.
(3)
Certified operator requirement.
A system without a certified operator shall not receive loan
assistance. The system must submit to the department the name, certification
number and certification expiration date of the operator certified, pursuant to
567-Chapter 81, to be directly responsible (in direct responsible charge) for
the operation of the facility before receiving a loan.
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