WAC 246-296-070   Eligible projects and project-related costs.  (1) Projects eligible for a DWSRF loan include those that:

     (a) Address or prevent violations of applicable federal, state, and local drinking water requirements;

     (b) Replace aging infrastructure to help a public water system comply with applicable federal, state, and local drinking water requirements to improve public health protection;

     (c) Improve system capacity of a public water system to help assure sustainable drinking water; or

     (d) Promote increased water or energy efficiency, green projects, or innovation that will improve environmental sustainability and protect public health.

     (2) Specific project-related costs eligible for a DWSRF loan include those that:

     (a) Improve a public water system's treatment, transmission, distribution, source, or storage;

     (b) Restructure water supplies or public water systems that have system capacity difficulties;

     (c) Retroactively finance municipal projects that:

     (i) Are for surface water treatment;

     (ii) Address groundwater under the direct influence of surface water;

     (iii) Address volatile organic or inorganic chemicals; or

     (iv) Are required by department or EPA order;

     (d) Acquire real property if needed to meet or maintain compliance with regulations or increase public health protection;

     (e) Pay for planning or design that is directly related to a DWSRF eligible project;

     (f) Finance the costs of restructuring for a publicly owned public water system;

     (g) Acquire, build, or repair reservoirs, including clear wells, that are part of the treatment process and located on the same property as the treatment facility;

     (h) Acquire, build, or repair distribution reservoirs; or

     (i) Are associated with a department-approved green project.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 70.119A.170 and Federal Safe Drinking Water Act, H.R. 1452. 12-01-077, § 246-296-070, filed 12/19/11, effective 2/1/12. Statutory Authority: RCW 70.119A.170. 01-21-137, § 246-296-070, filed 10/24/01, effective 11/24/01.]