(a) DWSRF financial assistance is available to eligible
Applicants for:
(1) implementation of local, voluntary source water
protection measures to protect source water of the system from contamination
and to ensure compliance with national primary drinking water regulations
applicable to the community water system;
(2) assistance in the development of voluntary local
incentive-based partnerships to reduce the presence of contaminants,
to provide financial, managerial, or technical assistance, and to
develop recommendations for voluntary, long-term source water protection
strategies;
(3) a capacity development strategy to assist public
water systems in developing and maintaining adequate technical, financial,
and management capacity; and
(4) establishment and implementation of wellhead protection
programs.
(b) Limitation. For each fiscal year, the total amount
of financial assistance provided for activities under this section
may not exceed 15 percent of the amount of the capitalization grant
received for that year and may not exceed 10 percent of the amount
of the capitalization grant for that year for any one of the following
activities:
(1) acquisition of land or conservation easements;
(2) implementation of voluntary, incentive-based source
water quality protection measures;
(3) creation of a capacity development strategy;
(4) delineation or assessment of source water protection
areas; and
(5) establishment and implementation of wellhead protection
programs.
(c) Acquisition of land or of conservation easements
from a willing seller or grantor is eligible for financial assistance
for source water protection only if the purpose of the acquisition
is to protect the source water of a public water system from contamination
to maintain or achieve compliance with national primary drinking water
regulations.
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