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Safe Drinking Water ProgramInformation for Water System and Industry Professionals
Safe Drinking Water Program: Services and Organization
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Capacity DevelopmentThe goal of the Colorado Capacity Development program is to assist public water systems to eliminate technical, managerial and financial capacity weaknesses and thereby ensure the consistent delivery of safe drinking water. The Colorado Capacity Development program identifies capacity weaknesses both in systems that are currently in compliance, and in systems that are not in full compliance. Once a system’s capacity weaknesses are identified, resources are directed to assist systems to eliminate the weakness. The division intends for this capacity development program to better enable Colorado’s public water systems to consistently provide safe drinking water, thereby preventing waterborne diseases. Capacity Development: Capacity Development is an important component of the Safe Drinking Water Act's focus on problem prevention in drinking water systems. The goal of the Colorado Capacity Development program is to assist public water systems to eliminate technical, managerial, and technical capacity weaknesses and thereby ensure the consistent delivery of safe drinking water. The Colorado Capacity Development program identifies technical, managerial and financial capacity weaknesses both in systems that are currently in compliance, and in systems that are not in full compliance and provides tools and assistance to remedy these weaknesses. Technical Capacity: is the physical and operational ability of a water system to consistently provide safe drinking water. Technical capacity refers to the physical infrastructure of the water system, including the adequacy of source water and the adequacy of treatment, storage, and distribution infrastructure. It also refers to the ability of system personnel to adequately operate and maintain the system and to appropriately apply technical knowledge to consistently provide safe drinking water. Managerial Capacity: is the ability of a water system to conduct its affairs in a manner that ensures that the system achieves and maintains compliance with the Colorado primary drinking water regulations. Managerial capacity refers to the system’s institutional and administrative capabilities and considers the accountability of the ownership, an effective staffing and organizational structure, and constructive linkages to external entities including customers, regulators and assistance sources. Financial Capacity: is a water system’s ability to acquire and manage sufficient financial resources to allow the system to achieve and maintain compliance with the Colorado primary drinking water regulations. Associated elements include having sufficient revenue to cover costs, access to credit through pubic or private sources, and use of standardized and accepted accounting, budgeting, and planning techniques.Under the 1996 Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments, the state is required to create a Capacity Development Program in order to receive full funding for the Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund. States that do not meet the provision’s requirements are subject to a 20 percent withholding from their Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund allotment. For Colorado, this loss of this capitalization grant would amount to approximately $2.6 million dollars per year. Colorado, in accordance with the 1996 Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments, has designed and implements a program to ensure that all new community and new non-transient, non-community water systems commencing operation after October 1, 1999 demonstrate sufficient technical, managerial, and financial capacity to comply with the Colorado primary drinking water regulations. The Safe Drinking Water Capacity Development Program is developed and revised with input from an open stakeholder workgroup. Their efforts contribute to developing a strategy and a work plan to assist existing public water systems in acquiring and maintaining the technical, managerial, and financial capacity to comply with the Act's requirements. Capacity Development Program Leader
Margo Griffin
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Colorado
Capacity
Development Strategy (2008 - 2012)
Colorado
Capacity
Development Work Plan (2008 - 2010)
Colorado Strategy for Arsenic Removal (CO-STAR)
Safe Drinking Water Capacity Development Report to the Governor September 30, 2008
New Water System Capacity Planning Manual |
