Source Water Assessment (SWA) and Protection Program Fact Sheet Use of DWSRF Set-Asides

Source water assessments and protection measures are eligible uses of the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) set-asides. States can set-side up to 15 % of their annual capitalization grant for a mixture of source water related local assistance activities and can allot up to 10 % for any one activity. All States have taken set aside funds for completing source water assessments and many have taken additional funds for protection activities.

• Source water assessments: States are required to do source water assessments for all public water systems by 2003. States were allowed a one-time only set-aside of 10% from the 1997 DWSRF grant allocation for this purpose, with four years to obligate the funds. All states and Puerto Rico reserved funds for their assessment program ($113 million). The District of Columbia received assistance from EPA. Forty-two states took the entire 10% available. For 14 states, this was the only source water set aside taken.



• Section 1452(k) of the SDWA provides for States to use up to 15% of their DWSRF capitalization grant for any of four local assistance activities related to source water protection. The activities and the amounts reserved from FY 1997 through FY 2000 DWSRF grants that have been awarded follow:

• Section 1452(g)(2)(B) permits a state to use up to 10% of its allotment to administer a source water protection program (as one of four activities eligible under the set-aside).



• States have great flexibility for using these funds. Implementation of a source water protection program can include assisting local communities, establishing a broad coordination effort across the state government, or coordination of federal agency funding to assist communities.



• States have reserved approximately $20 million to support this effort, (~0.8% of all grants).
  Distribution by state of DWSRF Set a Sides for Protection Activities





A = ASSESSMENTS
L = LAND ACQUISITION
P = PROGRAMS
M = MEASURES
W = WELLHEAD


A: PR, SC, SD, WY, CA, FL, IL, IN, KS, LA, MS, NY, ND

A + L: IA, NE
A + P: AL, MO, NJ, RI, TX, UT, WA, MT
A + M:
A + W: AK, AR, CO, HI, ID, KY, MN, OH, OK, OR, TN, WI

A + L + P: VT
A + L + M: VA
A + M + W: CT
A + P + W: GA, MA, MI, NV, NC, PA

A+L+P+W: NH
A+L+M+W: AZ

A+L+P+M+W: DE, ME, MD, NM

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