This grant program protects public health by ensuring that public water systems provide safe drinking water through compliance with the national primary drinking water regulations

The recipient will utilize the grant to fund the bureau of safe drinking water program implementation activities such as regulation adoption, regulation implementation, enforcement, data management, etc., to protect public health and maintain primary enforcement authority. This agreement provides partial federal funding in the amount of $414,000. Pre-award costs are approved back to 7/1/2025. Activities:the recipient will initiate required statutory/regulatory revisions for revised primacy packages (pending EPA review and comments), monitor EPA rule development efforts/participate in national workgroups (as appropriate), utilities the PFAS supplemental, perform PWS compliance activities (e.g., sanitary surveys, sdwis data management, analytical compliance activities, MCL compliance), develop and submit appropriate workplans for use of set-aside funds, implement the engineering plan review program, and maintain the drinking water laboratory certification program, implement the state revolving fund sustainability policy to promote water system technical, managerial and financial capacity such as asset management, systemwide planning, other sustainable management practices, expand source water protection activities beyond wellhead protection using new eligibilities authorized by american's water infrastructure act for the drinking water state revolving fund local assistance and other state programs set-asides. Subrecipient:subawards are for washoe and clark county health districts, directly implementing the pwss program in their district.outcomes:the recipient will submit draft workplan and participate in grant workplan negotiation meeting with EPA at least 90-days prior to start of each state fiscal year, conduct TMF assessments prior to DW-SRF awards, document findings for each system for annual DW-SRF audit, implement an approved state operator certification program and submit annual operator certification program evaluation by august 1ST.