(1) The purpose of a small water system
management program is to:
(a) Demonstrate the
system's operational, technical, managerial, and financial capability to
achieve and maintain compliance with all relevant local, state, and federal
plans and regulations; and
(b)
Establish eligibility for funding under chapter
246-296 WAC.
(2) All noncommunity systems and
community systems not required to complete a water system plan under WAC
246-290-100(2)
shall develop and implement a small water system management program.
(3) The purveyor shall submit this program
for department review and approval when:
(a)
A new NTNC public water system is created;
(b) An existing system has operational,
technical, managerial, or financial problems, as determined by the department;
or
(c) An existing system without
approved construction documents is seeking as-built system approval under WAC
246-290-140; or
(d)A system applies for funding under chapter
246-296 WAC.
(4) Content
and detail shall be consistent with the size, complexity, past performance, and
use of the public water system. General content topics shall include, but not
be limited to, the following elements:
(a)
System management;
(b) Annual
operating permit;
(c) Water
facilities inventory form;
(d)
Service area and facility map. Municipal water suppliers shall identify the
area that will expand their water rights' place of use if the requirements
under WAC
246-290-107 have been
met;
(e) Water right
self-assessment;
(f) Description of
the system's source(s) including the name and location of any body of water
from which its water is diverted or withdrawn;
(g) A water use efficiency program. Municipal
water suppliers must meet the requirements in WAC
246-290-810;
(h) Water production and consumption data
including each of the following:
(i) Monthly
and annual production for each source, including water purchased from another
public water system;
(ii) Annual
consumption totals for residential and non-residential connections;
(iii) Total annual volume of water supplied
to other public water systems;
(i) Average daily demand;
(j) Current population served;
(k) The forecast of average daily demand
based on the system's approved number of connections that considers:
(i) Water use trends based on actual water
use records; and
(ii) Applicable
land use plans;
(l) An
evaluation that has considered the feasibility of adopting and implementing a
rate structure that encourages water demand efficiency;
(m) Source water protection
program;
(n) Component inventory
and assessment;
(o) List of planned
system improvements;
(p) Water
quality monitoring program;
(r) Cross-connection
control program;
(s) Emergency
response plan; and
(t)
Budget.
(5) The
department may require changes be made to a small water system management
program if necessary to effectively accomplish the program's purpose.
