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1. Drinking Water Updateand Hot Topics

   2014
2. Federal Level Water supply and distribution one of the top 20 achievements of the 20th century according to the National Academy of Engineering
3. 40th Anniversary of the SDWA On December 16, 1974, President Gerald Ford signed into law the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) intended to ensure safe drinking water for the public.
4. Message from the Administrator Gina McCarthy “Collaboration” “Trusting” “Follow the science” “Resiliency” “Partnerships” “Plan” “Climate change”
5. Federal Budget FFY 2014 Omnibus Federal Budget DW SRF $906M CW SRF $1.448B PWSS $102M 106 $231M Proposed FFY 2015 Federal Budget DW SRF $757M CW SRF $1.080b PWSS $110M 106 $249M
6. Historical Budget—Drinking Water
7. Water Federal (& State) Budget Woes Unliquidated Obligations (ULOs) What hasn’t been spent Both infrastructure and program set-asides Needs SDWA $384B CWA $350B SRFs vs WIFIA vs WRDA Compounded by state budget constraints
8. Federal Drinking Water Rules Revised Total Coliform Rule Final—KY will begin drafting regulations in early 2014 Perchlorate—Moving Slowly Proposed Rule ~December 2013 (missed February 2013 deadline) Final Rule ~August 2014 Carcinogenic VOCs by Group—On Hold Potential Contaminants from CCL3 List Chlorate, nitrosamines and strontium
9. Federal Drinking Water Rules Lead and Copper Long Term Revisions Moving again but slowly UCMR3 Monitoring 2013-2015 LT2 SWTR Review Still underway but may not be complete until 2016 Fluoride Final recommendation from Health and Human Services expected in 2014 EPA may not revise SDWA fluoride standard until 2016 or later
10. Potential Federal Actions Storage Tanks Inspections and cleaning (but no rule proposed at this time) E-Enterprise Exchange Networks to share data Transparency Security Issues Chemical safety Cyber-security
11. UCMR3 Monitoring All systems greater than 10K, including consecutive systems Selected systems less than 10K Very low detections levels based on analytical instrumentation capability Detections are up from UCMR2 CCR UCMR monitoring must be noted in CCRs with a summary of results http://water.epa.gov/lawsregs/rulesregs/sdwa/ucmr/ucmr3/upload/UCMR3_FactSheet_List1.pdf http://www.drinktap.org/home/water-information/water-quality/ucmr3.aspx
12. UCMR3 Results To-Date Results Summary to-date (1070 detects out of 4628 results=23%) Testosterone 1 (0.09%) Ethynylestradiol 1 (0.09%) PFOA 2 (0.18%) Total Chromium 76 (7.2%) Hexavalent Chromium 246 (23%) Chlorate 170 (15.9%) 1,4-dioxane 26 (2.4%) Strontium 306 (28.6%) Vanadium 147 (13.7%) Molybdenum 94 (8.8%)
13. Federal Drinking Water Actions Lead Act (“No Lead” Rule)—effective January 4, 2014 Amends the SDWA language on the prohibition of lead pipes/solder/flux “Lead-free” now defined as no more than 0.25% lead in the wetted surface material based on a weighted average Affects both the PWS and customers (home plumbing fixtures are included) NSF website has vendors listed that meet the new criteria (www.nsf.org) Plumbing code overlaps—DOW coordinating with DOP States are very concerned with the impacts on systems and a possible strict interpretation EPA has final FAQs out: http://water.epa.gov/drink/info/lead/index.cfm#lfree
14. Federal Drinking Water Actions SDWIS Prime1.0 EPA goal is to convert in September 2015 Intermediate may be SDWIS 3.2 through 9/2015 (KY migrated to 3.2 in March) “Cloud” storage versus server storage Direct lab/system input?? Cost Initial version will be bare bones, just what is needed for inventory and to run compliance Focus on core PWS information, requirements, notification, monitoring, compliance Will not include flexibility for state rules and “add-ons”, operator certification, plan review, permitting, billing May hinder DOW DW electronic reporting efforts
15. AWWA 2014 State of the Water Industry Report On a scale of 1-7, the industry is rated a 4.6 Top 5 water industry issues identified for 2014: State of water and sewer infrastructure Long-term water supply availability Financing for capital improvements Public understanding of the value of water resources Public understanding of the value of water systems and services Addressing the nation’s infrastructure needs could top $1T ($1,000,000,000,000)
16. AWWA 2014 State of the Water Industry Report Top 3 current regulatory concerns Pollutant discharges Disinfection By-Products (DBPs) Combined sewer overflows Top 3 future regulatory concerns Pharmaceuticals and hormones Security and preparedness DBPs Only 1% of respondents felt the industry was prepared to address issues related to talent attraction and retention
17. Kentucky and PWS Drinking Water News 54% of Americans estimate they use 50 gallons or less of water daily when they actually use almost 2X that amount
18. DCA DENF DEPS DIRECTOR Peter Goodmann Julie Roney Drinking Water Program Coordinator ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Vacant SURFACE WATER PERMITS BRANCH Jory Becker COMPLIANCE AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE BRANCH Tom Gabbard WATER INFRASTRUCTURE BRANCH Shafiq Amawi RESOURCE PLANNING AND PROGRAM SUPPORT Diane Marcus WATERSHED MANAGEMENT BRANCH Paulette Akers WATER QUALITY BRANCH Clark Dorman RESOURCE EXTRACTION SECTION Amy Van Horne WASTEWATER MUNICIPAL PLANNING SECTION Cindy McDonald MONITORING SECTION Vacant FLORENCE SECTION Todd Giles LOUISVILLE SECTION Charles Roth NONPOINT SOURCE AND BASIN TEAM SECTION James Roe PROGRAM SUPPORT SECTION Linda Duncan ENGINEERING SECTION Mark Rasche OPERATIONAL PERMITS SECTION Jeff Pratt WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION SECTION Adam Jackson HAZARD SECTION Damon White FRANKFORT SECTION Rob Daniels GRANT MANAGEMENT SECTION Kristie Graham GIS AND DATA ANALYSIS SECTION Jolene Blanset DRINKING WATER CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT SECTION Cindy McDonald (Acting) LONDON SECTION Robert Miller MADISONVILLE SECTION Randy Thomas TMDL SECTION Amy Siewert PERMIT SUPPORT SECTION Shawn Hokanson WATER QUANTITY MANAGEMENT SECTION Chris Yeary SRF AND SPAP SECTION Buddy Griffin BOWLING GREEN SECTION Bill Baker COLUMBIA SECTION Brian Crump WET WEATHER SECTION Lynn Brosius GROUNDWATER SECTION David Jackson DAM SAFETY AND FLOODPLAIN COMPLIANCE SECTION Shawn Cook PADUCAH SECTION Shannon McLeary MOREHEAD SECTION Dan Fraley FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT SECTION Todd Powers DRINKING WATER COMPLIANCE AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SECTION Vacant KIA PSC DOP DPH
19. DOW/Drinking Water Staff Changes DOW Peter Goodmann named DOW Director Diane Marcus hired as RPPS Manager Drinking Water Natalie Bruner transferring to Enforcement Eileen Burke left for KY-American Crystal Davis returned to inspecting Linda Metts moving from TA to MORs Anne Powell left Capacity Development
20. Potential State Regulatory Changes For 2014 Revised Total Coliform Rule Inclusion of Reduction of Lead in DW reference Bottled Water Under consideration Water “Supply” Planning Submetering Drinking Water Advisory Committee Involvement
21. KY Drinking Water Systems Public Water Systems (as of 12/31/2013) 457 142 Surface Water (31%) 177 Surface Water Purchasers (39%) 108 Ground Water (24%) 24 Ground Water Purchasers (5%) 6 Bottled Water Producers (1%) Population Breakdown 23% with population over 10K Of those 108 PWS, 11 have more than 1 plant but not more than 3 77% with populations less than 10K 58% with populations less than 5000 In 1996—713 PWSs 44% purchase 56% produce KY is considered a small system state
22. KY Public Water System Violation Trends
23. All Violations by Category
24. Health-Based Violations by Category
25. FFY 2013 SDWA Health-based Goals
26. 2013 Area-Wide Optimization Program Microbial Optimized Systems 61 surface water systems (~40% of the surface water plants) Serving 2,371,781 in population (56% of the population served by surface water systems) Disinfection By-Products Main area of focus as these are the primary violations
27. Enforcement Targeting Tool Since 10/2010, ETT assigns points to violations based on severity 11 points triggers formal enforcement As of 4th quarter 2013 13 PWSs are in active enforcement referral status due to having 11 or more points on the ETT list DBPs “Watch List” (5-10 points or schools)
28. eCCR EPA allowed use of “eCCRs” in 2013 “1 click” web address to the CCR All customers must be made aware of the CCR availability (both electronic and paper options) Must be electronically available to the public by July 1 each year and stay on the website for a specified amount of time 32% of KY community water systems opted for electronic distribution in 2013
29. Stage 2 DBP Rule First round of compliance was run in April 2013 for Schedule 1 systems So far, no non-compliance First OELs received in January 2013 The DOW form has been revised (http://water.ky.gov/DrinkingWater/Pages/Forms.aspx) under Compliance Forms First round of compliance was run in October 2013 for Schedule 2 systems Through 4th Q 2013, no non-compliance (2 quarters of compliance run)
30. Stage 2 DBP Rule Schedule 3 and most 4 systems began compliance monitoring in October 2013 M&R violations primarily due to failure to submit correct sample site codes Challenges will be with small surface water producers and surface water purchasers of all sizes Purchasers have limited control options
31. Preparing for Stage 2—Schedules 3 & 4 Re-educate yourself on the rule requirements Locate the IDSE Report Verify the sample sites (what if the business has closed, etc) and sample schedule--DBP site codes must be 3 digits for SDWIS to accept the data You can’t change the schedule if it changes the month of warmest temperature Contact your lab Develop a working relationship with your producers and/or purchasers Purchasers are going to especially challenged Distribution system operators need to request water quality data from their producers
32. Dealing with Stage 2—DOW Level Working with Engineering to review impacts of proposed projects on DBP levels Need to develop projects that solve today’s problems without creating future ones Over 93% of Kentuckians have access to potable water Bigger distribution systems, more tanks, longer lines, less turnover == possibly higher DBPs Challenge to continue to regionalize while maintaining water quality Re-evaluating C-T inactivations on a case by case basis Increased technical assistance
33. Revised Total Coliform Rule RTCR Impacts—most will be minimal What will be different “Find and fix” approach E.coli will be the driving factor No longer requires 5 samples for those systems that take 2 or less samples a month and have a positive sample Sample Plans will be more comprehensive Includes the “5 up, 5 down” repeats Level 1 and 2 Assessments Form development State-approved “assessors”
34. Level 1 & 2 Assessments
35. Preparing for the RTCR RTCR is primarily a “distribution” rule Locate that 1989 TCR sample plan and revise or update it Reevaluate sample sites as poor site selection is the primary reason for positive samples Make sure the plan is representative of your system Attend training, especially once DOW has developed the Assessment forms http://water.epa.gov/lawsregs/rulesregs/sdwa/tcr/regulation_revisions.cfm
36. Capacity Development/Sustainability After 7 years and 2 sanitary survey cycles, the DOW may be considering a new programmatic approach to capacity development Revising the CD Strategy May consider capacity development as “planning” May incorporate critical capacity items such as budgets, asset management, water audits, emergency response, etc As a need but not necessarily a “metric” Regulation?? CDAP 2014 has been postponed
37. Source Water—”We are all downstream” SDWA and CWA collaboration (“…routinely and intentionally coordinate…”; “hardwired integration”) at federal/state/utility levels Nutrients Water quality standards (i.e., Domestic Water Supply criteria for source water) Drinking water contaminants of concern (i.e., bromide) KPDES permit limits Storm water Flow Indirect potable water re-use
38. Source Water Protection Source water assessments (remember those?) Surface water Effort to update in 2003 Groundwater Wellhead plans updated every 5 years DOW pilot program for funding assistance for small source water protection projects Source water protection has been in the news lately…
39. Protection vs Emergency Response Source water protection does not equal source water emergency response Ohio River MCHM spill KY’s SWAP did not fail KY’s reaction was response 10 intakes on the Ohio River 7 days of response PWS and river sampling DOW’s Emergency Response Plans for PWSs
40. “Climate Change” Climate change = more frequent and extreme weather Wet and Wild Snow, sleet, freezing rain, rain Floods Dry and Dusty Droughts Wind Community-based Water Resiliency Recognizing the importance of water Planning, response, mitigation
41. Water System “Resiliency” Water systems need to be able to adapt and sustain Involves planning for both the short and long term Includes source to tap More than just redundancy in existing infrastructure Finances Personnel Interconnections Community Involvement, partnerships
42. Simultaneous Compliance When compliance activities for one rule affects another rule—often adversely Chlorine residual and DBPs Corrosion control and DBPs and secondaries Infrastructure changes and compliance When compliance activities in one Act affects another Act CWA and SDWA overlaps SDWA and CAA overlaps
43. Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) Blue-green algal blooms that can produce cyanotoxins 2013 the Louisville Corp began actively monitoring their large lakes Additional DOW monitoring found blue-greens in smaller reservoirs KY is developing an HAB strategy Stakeholder involvement (Public Health, F&W, Parks, USACE, Recreational and drinking water
44. Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) PWSs should stay aware of their source water conditions The best solution is to prevent algal blooms from occurring (limiting nutrient runoff) Treatment Don’t aggressively pre-oxidate as this could release any toxins Flocculation, sedimentation and filtration to remove whole algal cells GAC to absorb organic material Disinfectants to destroy the toxins

45. Questions?? Comments??

    Julie W. Roney Drinking Water Program Coordinator 502/564-3410 Julie.Roney@ky.gov