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Monday, October 17, 2022 Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Public Hearing Announced The Drinking Water Section will hold a remote Public Hearing via GoToMeeting on November 22, at 10:00 a.m. to hear testimony regarding the Draft Intended Use Plan (IUP) for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) Program during State Fiscal Year 2023. 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 “Draft SFY 2023 IUP Public Hearing.” Monday, October 17, 2022 Amendment #1 to the SFY 2022 Annual Intended Use Plan Now Final The DPH has finalized the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) Program’s SFY 2022 Annual Intended Use Plan (IUP). To view the IUP documents please click on Call for Projects, Review and Ranking of Projects and scroll down to the section titled “Prior Years Intended Use Plans and Project Priority Lists.” Thursday, September 29, 2022 CT DPH Drinking Water Section DRAFT Capacity Development Strategy Now accepting public comments through October 31, 2022! As the primacy agency to enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act in Connecticut, CT DPH is required to develop a capacity development strategy with the goal of helping public water systems in CT create and maintain acceptable levels of technical, managerial and financial (TMF) capacity. Further, pursuant to the American Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA) of 2018, the states are required to update their strategies to include how the state will encourage the development of asset management plans that include best practices, training, technical assistance and other activities to help with implementation of those plans. As part of the capacity development strategy process, stakeholder feedback/input is being sought. A presentation on the draft strategy will be held on Thursday October 13th in place of the normal monthly DWS webinar for PWS, certified operators and environmental laboratories. Please see Circular Letter DWS 2022-58 for additional details regarding how to register for the webinar. Please review the DRAFT CT DPH Capacity Development Strategy Friday, April 4, 2022 Draft Amendment #1 to the SFY 2022 Annual Intended Use Plan The Drinking Water Section is proposing to amend the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) State Fiscal Year 2022 Annual Intended Use Plan. To view the IUP documents please visit the DWSRF webpage. Thursday, February 3, 2022 Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Call For Projects for SFY 2023 The DWSRF Program is now accepting Eligibility Applications from eligible public water systems seeking funding for projects during SFY 2023. For more information, please visit the DWSRF webpage. This Call for Projects includes projects seeking funding under the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). Please note that we are working on updates to the Eligibility Application to account for priorities within this BIL funding and expect that it will be available soon. Thursday, January 20, 2022 Drinking Water State Revolving Fund SFY 2022 Intended Use Plan now Final The Drinking Water Section has finalized the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Program (DWSRF) State Fiscal Year 2022 Annual Intended Use Plan and Project Priority List. These documents, along with the Hearing Report for the Public Hearing held on August 18, 2021, are now available on the DWSRF webpage.

Monday, October 17, 2022

Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Public Hearing Announced

The Drinking Water Section will hold a remote Public Hearing via GoToMeeting on November 22, at 10:00 a.m. to hear testimony regarding the Draft Intended Use Plan (IUP) for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) Program during State Fiscal Year 2023. 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 “Draft SFY 2023 IUP Public Hearing.”

Monday, October 17, 2022

Amendment #1 to the SFY 2022 Annual Intended Use Plan Now Final

The DPH has finalized the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) Program’s SFY 2022 Annual Intended Use Plan (IUP). To view the IUP documents please click on Call for Projects, Review and Ranking of Projects and scroll down to the section titled “Prior Years Intended Use Plans and Project Priority Lists.”

Thursday, September 29, 2022

CT DPH Drinking Water Section DRAFT Capacity Development Strategy
Now accepting public comments through October 31, 2022!

As the primacy agency to enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act in Connecticut, CT DPH is required to develop a capacity development strategy with the goal of helping public water systems in CT create and maintain acceptable levels of technical, managerial and financial (TMF) capacity. Further, pursuant to the American Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA) of 2018, the states are required to update their strategies to include how the state will encourage the development of asset management plans that include best practices, training, technical assistance and other activities to help with implementation of those plans. As part of the capacity development strategy process, stakeholder feedback/input is being sought. A presentation on the draft strategy will be held on Thursday October 13th in place of the normal monthly DWS webinar for PWS, certified operators and environmental laboratories. Please see Circular Letter DWS 2022-58 for additional details regarding how to register for the webinar.

Please review the DRAFT CT DPH Capacity Development Strategy

Friday, April 4, 2022

Draft Amendment #1 to the SFY 2022 Annual Intended Use Plan

The Drinking Water Section is proposing to amend the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) State Fiscal Year 2022 Annual Intended Use Plan. To view the IUP documents please visit the DWSRF webpage.

Thursday, February 3, 2022

Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Call For Projects for SFY 2023
The DWSRF Program is now accepting Eligibility Applications from eligible public water systems seeking funding for projects during SFY 2023. For more information, please visit the DWSRF webpage. This Call for Projects includes projects seeking funding under the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). Please note that we are working on updates to the Eligibility Application to account for priorities within this BIL funding and expect that it will be available soon.

Thursday, January 20, 2022

Drinking Water State Revolving Fund SFY 2022 Intended Use Plan now Final
The Drinking Water Section has finalized the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Program (DWSRF) State Fiscal Year 2022 Annual Intended Use Plan and Project Priority List. These documents, along with the Hearing Report for the Public Hearing held on August 18, 2021, are now available on the DWSRF webpage.

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