Small Systems Information and Guidance

Information about Capacity Development

• State Strategies to Assist Public Water Systems In Acquiring and Maintaining Technical, Managerial and Financial Capacity(PDF file)(EPA 816-R-01-019, July 2001)
• State Programs to Ensure Demonstration of Technical, Managerial and Financial Capacity of New Water Systems(PDF file)(EPA 816-R-01-018, July 2001)
• Handbook for Capacity Development:  Developing Water System Capacity under the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended in 1996 (PDF file) (July, 1999)
• Guidance on Implementing the Capacity Development Provisions of the 1996 SDWA Amendments (July, 1998)
• Information for States on Implementing the Capacity Development Provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act (July, 1998)
• Information for the Public on Participating with States in Preparing Capacity Development Strategies (July, 1998)

Information about Affordability and Rate-Setting

• Consolidated Water Rates: Issues and Practices in Single-Tariff Pricing (September, 1999)
• Information for States on Developing Affordability Criteria for Drinking Water (February, 1998)

Information about Small Systems 

• Small Entity Compliance Guide for the Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule (PDF, .7M) (EPA 815-R-01-025, October, 2001) 
• A Small Systems Guide to the Total Coliform Rule (PDF, 5.6M) (EPA 816-R-01-017A, June 2001) 
• National Characteristics of Drinking Water Systems Serving Populations Under 10,000 (PDF file) (EPA 816-R-99-010, July, 1999)
• Small System Regulatory Requirements under the Safe Drinking Water Act as amended in 1996 (PDF file) (EPA 816-R-99-011, July, 1999) Fact sheets for existing and future rules and case studies on cost estimates of small system compliance

Information About Tribal Systems 

• Building Water System Capacity: A Guide for Tribal Administrators (PDF, 2.7MB) (EPA 816-K-01-006, July 2001)
• Preventive Maintenance Tasks for Tribal Drinking Water Systems (log sheets)(PDF file)(EPA 816-F-01-017, June, 2001)
• Preventive Maintenance Tasks for Tribal Drinking Water Systems (booklet)(PDF file)(EPA 816-F-01-017, June, 2001)

Information about Variances and Exemptions

• Revisions to Existing Regulations on Variances and Exemptions (August, 1998)

Information about Treatment Technologies

• Small System Compliance Technology Lists and Findings Concerning Variance Technologies (August, 1998)
• Small Systems compliance Technology List for the Surface Water Treatment Rule (August, 1997)
• Alternative Treatment Technologies 
• Arsenic Treatment Technology Design Manual for Small Systems - Peer Review Draft (PDF file 1.67 M)

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