This agreement assists the state of west virginia in developing and implementing a public water system supervision program to adequately enforce the national primary drinking water regulations and the…

This agreement assists the state of west virginia in developing and implementing a public water system supervision 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 $500,000. Federal funds of $306,049 are contingent upon availability. This award also adds $39,362 in prior year deobligated federal funds for in-kind funding to be used to conduct sanitary survey training. This brings the total award to $539,362. Activities:the activities to be performed include: 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 by conducting routine sanitary surveys, inspections of new water sources and other special site-visits as needed. Subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:outputs and outcomes include sanitary surveys performed and technical assistance provided, both of which lead to public water systems that meet the requirements of the national primary drinking water regulations and provide clean and safe drinking water to west virginia residents. Since this grant provides financial assistance to the state of west virginia to perform its authorized responsibilities for implementing the public water system supervision program and overseeing public water systems across the state to ensure safe drinking water, direct beneficiaries include all residents of the state of west virginia and public water systems that receive and provide quality drinking water.