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Capacity building

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Emergency Response and Security
Excellence Program
Training

Operator certification

Engineering Section

Regulatory guidance

Source water assessment and protection

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Safe Drinking Water Program: Services and Organization

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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 eliminate technical, managerial, and capacity weaknesses, thereby ensuring 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 provide tools and assistance to remedy these weaknesses.

Compliance Assurance

The Compliance Assurance Program assists water systems understand the regulations, monitoring requirements, and public notification requirements. In addition, this program assures compliance through an escalating enforcement program that provides citizens of Colorado the assurance their water systems is being operated properly to protect their health.

Excellence Program

The Colorado Drinking Water Excellence Program is an initiative being sponsored by the Colorado Drinking Water Program within of the Water Quality Control Division of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Our mission is to continuously improve public water system performance and public health protection in Colorado.

Outreach and Assistance Program

The federal Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund provides low-interest loans for eligible public water system projects. The fund was created by the 1996 amendments to the federal Safe Drinking Water Act and corresponding state legislation. In addition to loans for capital projects, small grants are available for pre-loan planning and design projects.

Operator Certification

Public water systems in Colorado, including Community, Transient Non-Community and Non-Transient Non-Community systems, must be under the control of a certified Operator in Responsible Charge for both Treatment and Distribution (for systems that serve more than 100 people). The Colorado Water and Wastewater Facility Operators Certification Board (WWFOCB) maintains a program for the certification of operators of water treatment plants, municipal and industrial wastewater treatment plants, water distribution systems and wastewater collection systems in order to assure protection of public health and the environment.

Plans and Specification Reviews

Every new Public Water System, or substantial addition or improvement to such a system requires approval of the plans and specification by the Division. A thorough review of these plans ensures all regulatory issues are covered, the plans will result in the water quality improvements expected, and the system will have the capacity to operate the systems.

Security and Emergency Response

The Drinking Water Emergency Response Program provides assistance to public water systems as they strengthen their security program, prepare and implement emergency response plans, and provides continual updates of security information to systems that subscribe to the Security Listserve.

Source Water Protection

Designed to provide you, the public consumer, information about your drinking water, as well as provide you and your community a way to get involved in protecting the quality of your drinking water. The program encourages community-based protection and preventive management strategies to ensure that all public drinking water resources are kept safe from future contamination.

Technical Assistance

Activities that aid public water systems achieve compliance, optimize their operation, or provide education and training to their employees are delivered throughout the state and throughout the year. Telephone consultation is available, as well as on site assistance, training seminars, and workshops in technical, managerial and financial management topics.

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