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Friday, February 24, 2023 Drinking Water State Revolving Fund – Hearing Report issued on the November 22, 2022 Public Hearing The DWSRF Program has issued a Hearing Report for the public hearing held on November 22, 2022 for the October 18, 2022 Draft State Fiscal Year 2023 Intended Use Plan. To view this report, please click on Call for Projects, Review and Ranking of Projects and scroll down to the section titled “Hearing Report for November 22, 2022 Public Hearing.” Drinking Water State Revolving Fund – New Public Hearing Announced The DWSRF Program will hold a remote Public Hearing via Microsoft Teams on March 29, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. to hear testimony regarding the February 16, 2023 Draft SFY 2023 Intended Use Plan (IUP) for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) Program. To view the IUP documents and the public hearing announcement, please click on Call for Projects, Review and Ranking of Projects and scroll down to the sections titled “Intended Use Plan and Project Priority List” and “NEW Draft SFY 2023 IUP Public Hearing.” Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Call For Projects for SFY 2024 The DWSRF Program is now accepting Eligibility Applications from eligible public water systems seeking funding for projects during SFY 2024. For more information, please visit the DWSRF webpage. This Call for Projects includes funding under the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). Thursday, February 24, 2023 Revised Total Coliform Rule DPH recently revised the RTCR Level 1 and Level 2 Forms in January 2023. The new forms include a Summary Section that the assessors will use to clearly identify any sanitary defects identified at the time of the assessment and provide corrective action information. Starting April 1, 2023, all RTCR Assessments must be completed using the new assessment forms to be accepted by the department. These forms can be found on the RTCR webpage

Friday, February 24, 2023

Drinking Water State Revolving Fund – Hearing Report issued on the November 22, 2022 Public Hearing

The DWSRF Program has issued a Hearing Report for the public hearing held on November 22, 2022 for the October 18, 2022 Draft State Fiscal Year 2023 Intended Use Plan. To view this report, please click on Call for Projects, Review and Ranking of Projects and scroll down to the section titled “Hearing Report for November 22, 2022 Public Hearing.”

Drinking Water State Revolving Fund – New Public Hearing Announced

The DWSRF Program will hold a remote Public Hearing via Microsoft Teams on March 29, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. to hear testimony regarding the February 16, 2023 Draft SFY 2023 Intended Use Plan (IUP) for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) Program. To view the IUP documents and the public hearing announcement, please click on Call for Projects, Review and Ranking of Projects and scroll down to the sections titled “Intended Use Plan and Project Priority List” and “NEW Draft SFY 2023 IUP Public Hearing.”

Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Call For Projects for SFY 2024

The DWSRF Program is now accepting Eligibility Applications from eligible public water systems seeking funding for projects during SFY 2024. For more information, please visit the DWSRF webpage. This Call for Projects includes funding under the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL).

Thursday, February 24, 2023

Revised Total Coliform Rule

DPH recently revised the RTCR Level 1 and Level 2 Forms in January 2023. The new forms include a Summary Section that the assessors will use to clearly identify any sanitary defects identified at the time of the assessment and provide corrective action information. Starting April 1, 2023, all RTCR Assessments must be completed using the new assessment forms to be accepted by the department. These forms can be found on the RTCR webpage

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