Conn. Agencies Regs. § 16-262m-9 - Financial, managerial, and technical qualifications criteria
(a) If the Department of Public Utility
Control and Department of Health Services determined that a main extension is
not feasible or no utility is willing to extend such main, and that no existing
regulated public service or municipal utility or regional water authority is
willing to own, operate and maintain the final constructed water supply
facilities as a non-connected, satellite system, and if it is not feasible to
install private individual wells, the applicant may continue forward with the
application by satisfactorily providing the following additional information:
(1) A description of the applicant's business
organization along with certified copies of the executed documents or any
authority granted pursuant to Section
2-20a
of the General Statutes of Connecticut;
(2) Certified copy of most current 12-month
balance sheet and income statement of proposed owner of water system including
a statement of current assets and liabilities;
(3) A copy of most current income tax return
of proposed owner of water system;
(4) Indicated source of financial resources
that would be used to fund the daily operations and any needed future capital
improvements;
(5) Describe the
financial ability of the proposed owner of the water system to provide a
continuous, adequate and pure supply of water in routine and emergency
situations including a pro forma cash flow statement for one year starting
immediately after construction is completed;
(6) Describe the annual budget formulation
process;
(7) Indicate the name,
address, and qualifications of person/company who will be responsible for the
budget preparation and administration;
(8) Describe the controls that will be in
place to keep operations within budget and the sanctions or consequences that
there will be for budget overruns;
(9) Indicate the name and address of person
responsible for filing tax returns and annual audit reports;
(10) Indicate the name and address of
person(s)/company(s) who will be responsible for routine operations including
maintenance, customers billing and collections, repairs, emergency service and
daily management;
(11) Describe the
planning process to be implemented and assignment of responsibilities to
provide for future needs of the customers including a program for routine
system maintenance and the increase of future supplies as may be
necessary;
(12) Describe the
technical background and experience of the proposed operator including any
membership in professional water industry organizations;
(13) Furnish a signed agreement or contract
under which the proposed operator will serve, including guarantees of
continuous long-term operation;
(14) Indicate the name and address of
person/company who will manage the water system if different from
operator;
(15) If there will be a
business manager, in addition to the operator, describe his or her
qualifications;
(16) Describe the
governing board, its background in utility business governance and the decision
making process of the management entity;
(17) List items which the operator will be
responsible for and those which the manager will be responsible for;
(18) A plan for conducting cross-connection
investigations including identification of the personnel capable of conducting
cross-connection inspections;
(19)
A plan (including the procedures, methods, schedule and location) for
conducting required sampling, testing and reporting regarding:
(A) water quality testing;
(B) pressure testing;
(C) production metering;
(D) customer meter testing;
(E) ground water monitoring pursuant to
Section
19-13-B102(n)
of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;
(20) A plan for maintenance of the
system;
(21) A plan for the
maintenance of required records including at least:
(A) service area maps;
(B) water quality, pressure, metering and
other tests;
(C) emergency
procedures;
(D) metering;
(E) energy use;
(F) chemcial use;
(G) water levels;
(H) production and consumption;
(I) customer complaints;
(J) non-revenue water;
(K) all financial
records;
(22) A plan for
operator safety;
(23) A plan for
leak detection;
(24) A plan for
long range conservation including supply and demand management
practices;
(25) A plan for action
and proper notification of authorities in the event of an emergency;
(A) As used above, "emergency" means any
hurricane, tornado, storm, flood, high water, wind-driven water, tidal wave,
tsunami, earthquake, volcanic eruption, landslide, midslide, snowstorm, drought
or fire, explosion, electrical outage, toxic spill or attack or series of
attacks by an enemy of the United States causing, or which may cause,
substantial damage or injury to civilian property or persons in the United
States in any manner by sabotage or by the use of bombs, shellfire or atomic,
radiological, chemical, bacteriological or biological means or other weapons or
processes.
(26)
Estimated itemized cost of water facilities to be constructed or
expanded.
(b) In
addition to the above requirements, the Department of Public Utility Control
shall be furnished the proposed owner's plans for the following:
(1) Preparation of adequate rules and
regulations for providing water service, including termination of customers for
non-payment of bills;
(2)
Preparation and administration of a proper metered rate schedule and the rates
themselves;
(3) A procedure for
handling customer complaints;
(4) A
procedure for meter reading and accurate billing of customers;
(5) A listing in the local telephone
directory of an emergency and general inquiry telephone number for the
customers.
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