Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-37j

Current with legislation from the 2024 Regular and Special Sessions.

Section 19a-37j - Small community water system capacity implementation plan. Annual updates. Summary. Regulations

(a) As used in this section:

(1) "Consumer" has the same meaning as provided in section 25-32a;

(2) "Owner" means the person or entity that owns or controls the small community water system; and

(3) "Small community water system" has the same meaning as provided in section 19a-37e.

(b) Not later than January 1, 2025, each owner of a small community water system shall complete a small community water system capacity implementation plan on a form prescribed by the Department of Public Health demonstrating that such owner has the managerial, technical and financial capacity to continue to own and operate such system and shall implement such plan. Following the completion of the initial small community water system capacity implementation plan, each small community water system shall update such small community water system capacity implementation plan annually and make such small community water system capacity implementation plan available to the department upon request. Such plan shall include:

(1) A description of the small community water system, including the number of consumers and persons served and sources of drinking water;

(2) Ownership and management information, including the type of ownership structure and the current names, addresses and telephone numbers of the owners, certified operators and emergency contact persons for the small community water system;

(3) Service area maps;

(4) Facilities maps, including the location of and specific information regarding sources, storage facilities, treatment facilities, pressure zones, booster pumps, hydrants, distribution lines, valves and sampling points;

(5) A description of such system's cross-connection control program;

(6) A description of such system's source water protection program;

(7) A copy of such system's emergency response plan required pursuant to section 19-13 -B102 of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies;

(8) A capital improvement program, including the schedule that identifies all capital improvements scheduled for a five-year planning period and capital improvements or major projects scheduled for a twenty-year planning period;

(9) Water production and consumption information;

(10) Information regarding public water systems that are nearby, including the distance from the small community water system and type of public water system, if any. Such information shall be based on the coordinated water system plan approved by the Commissioner of Public Health pursuant to section 25-33h for the water utility coordinating committee in which such small community water system is located; and

(11) Financial capacity information, including:

(A) An evaluation of the small community water system's fiscal and assessment management plan prepared pursuant to section 19a-37e;

(B) A summary of the income and expenses for the five years preceding the date of submission of the plan;

(C) A five-year balanced operation budget;

(D) Water rate structure and fees charged, including information regarding how such rates and fees are updated and whether such rates and fees are sufficient to maintain cash flow stability and to fund the capital improvement program, as well as any emergency improvements; and

(E) An evaluation that has considered the affordability of water rates.

(c) On or before July 1, 2025, and annually thereafter, the small community water system shall provide a summary of its small community water system capacity plan in the small community water system's consumer confidence report required by section 19-13 -B102 of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies.

(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to a small community water system that is (1) regulated by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, (2) subject to the requirements set forth in section 25-32d, or (3) a state agency.

(e) The provisions of this section shall be deemed to relate to the purity and adequacy of water supplies for the purposes of the imposition of a penalty under section 25-32e.

(f) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the provisions of this section.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-37j

Added by P.A. 21-0121,S. 85 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2021 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2021.