The agreement assists the commonwealth of virginia to develop and implement a public water system supervision (PWSS) program to adequately enforce the national primary drinking water regulations and…

The agreement assists the commonwealth of virginia to develop and implement a public water system supervision (PWSS) program to adequately enforce the national primary drinking water regulations and the requirements of the safe drinking water act. This award provides federal funds of $783,584. Federal funds of $1,670,416 are contingent upon availability. Activities:the proposed work in this agreement includes: developing state drinking water regulations no less stringent than the federal regulations, maintaining an inventory of drinking water systems, managing information on public water systems, ensuring that public participation occurs regarding drinking water systems, providing technical assistance to public water systems and enforcing drinking water regulations. Activities will support a laboratory certification program; routine sanitary surveys; inspections of new water sources; special site visits; reviews of construction plans and specifications to ensure water system facilities are up to the state codes; and conducting emerging contaminant activities (PFAS, 1-4 dioxane, hexavalent chromium) leading to recommendations on drinking water standards to the commonwealth. ODW will continue to review and approve new and revised bacteriological sample site plans (BSSPS) as required and anticipates reviewing approximately 100 BSSPS. The 26 large waterworks in virginia (serving GT; 50,000 people) will continue to monitor water quality parameters (WQPS). ODW will continue to review the town of leesburg, loudoun water and fairfax water monitoring results for gross beta, tritium and strontium-90. Subrecipient:vadoh will subaward to a virginia university. A virginia university will perform the literature review for 1,4-dioxane and hexavalent chromium and microplastics.outcomes:anticipated deliverables include semi-annual reports and regular data reporting on water system inventory, compliance and enforcement status. Expected outcomes include transition of the state lab to use the compliance monitoring data portal; replacement of operation fee billing software; updated manuals that compile guidance into broader subject areas; improved and expanded issuance of operation permits to waterworks; and implementation and primacy applications for new regulations, including guidance, training and outreach. ODW anticipates completing approximately 50 well site inspections and 20 gudi evaluations. Approximately 710 routine sanitary surveys will be conducted. This estimate is based on the following frequency: community waterworks: 36 months; non-community waterworks: 60 months. Intended beneficiaries include all residents of the commonwealth of VA and public water systems that receive and provide quality drinking water.