COBI 2013 - Drinking Water

Compendium of Budget Information for the 2013 General Session

Natural Resources, Agriculture, & Environmental Quality
Appropriations Subcommittee

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Agency: Environmental Quality

Line Item: Drinking Water

Function

The mission of the Division of Drinking Water is to cooperatively work with drinking water professionals and the public to ensure a safe and reliable supply of drinking water. Its major functions include the following:

provide technical assistance to drinking water systems and consultants;
provide oversight and compliance assistance for surface water treatment plants;
review/approve construction plans and issue operating permits;
manage cross connection control program;
manage construction loan program;
administer drinking water source protection program;
assure compliance with Utah public drinking water rules;
manage Operator Certification Program;
train and communicate with public and water system personnel on new rules;
write and implement all rules and requirements from EPA;
coordinate with the Divisions of Public Utilities, Water Quality, Water Resources and Water Rights; and,
track drinking water systems that meet requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act.

There are five sections within this division, each of which is described below:

Administrative Services Section

This section provides support services to the division in the areas of budgeting, purchasing, contracting, grants management and personnel. The section also administers the Drinking Water Source Protection Program.

Engineering Section

This section performs plan reviews for construction of water facilities throughout Utah and issues operating permits for those projects. It also performs grout witness services on new wells as well as construction inspections.

Field Services Section

This section administers the Operator Certification program and the Backflow Technician program. Field Services takes the lead in emergency response and directs the performance of on-site inspections of existing facilities.

Rules Section

This section deals with the ongoing operations of drinking water systems by providing technical assistance and implementing the federal rules. This section oversees the operation of 466 community water systems, 68 non-transient non-community water systems, and 481 non-community water systems.

Construction Assistance Section

The section administers the state and federal loan programs. For those projects that receive financial assistance, this section also reviews plans and performs construction inspections.

Funding for FY 13 drinking water loans is expected to be $40,837,300:

$3,587,500 - designated sales tax;
$10,053,400 - federal funds; and,
$27,196,400 - loan repayments (including interest, hardship fees, and technical assistance fees).

Performance

Approved public water systems are those that are in substantial compliance with all the division's rules. This measure indicates the percentage of the population that is provided a safe and reliable supply of drinking water. The numbers vary slightly from year to year. If large or very large water systems had non-compliance problems, the numbers would differ significantly.

This measure indicates the percentage of public drinking water systems with an approved rating. This measure tracks the changes amongst small and very small systems; these systems make up over 75% of the public water systems in the state.

This measure is a count of all water-borne disease outbreaks in the state. The 2008 outbreak was at the Maple Dell Boy Scout Camp; and the most recent outbreak was at Cedar Hills.

In addition to the key performance measures listed above, the division reported the following performances measures for FY 2012:

regulated approximately 1,000 public water systems, ensuring that 99.9 percent of the population in Utah gets water from an approved public water system;
conducted 310 sanitary surveys;
reviewed 361 unique engineering projects;
reviewed 400 source protection plans;
took 21 formal enforcement actions;
authorized 20 construction projects involving $16,766,200 in financial assistance; and,
maintained certifications for 2,162 water system operators.

Funding Detail

For more detail about a particular source of finance or organizational unit, click a linked entry in the left column of the table(s) below.

Sources of Finance (click linked fund name for more info)	2009 Actual	2010 Actual	2011 Actual	2012 Actual	2013 Approp
General Fund	$1,249,000	$1,017,900	$1,028,400	$1,018,000	$1,032,800
General Fund, One-time	$450,000	($45,700)	$0	$0	$0
Federal Funds	$3,108,400	$3,581,400	$3,544,600	$3,338,000	$3,694,000
Dedicated Credits Revenue	$181,900	$178,800	$172,200	$157,000	$159,300
WDSF - Drinking Water Loan Program	$138,700	$138,700	$142,200	$142,200	$140,500
WDSF - Drinking Water Origination Fee	$77,200	$76,200	$74,900	$199,300	$202,300
Transfers - Within Agency	($395,900)	($334,900)	($381,800)	($303,700)	($311,700)
Lapsing Balance	($21,500)	($86,300)	($46,500)	($160,700)	$0
Total	$4,787,800	$4,526,100	$4,534,000	$4,390,100	$4,917,200

Programs: (click linked program name to drill-down)	2009 Actual	2010 Actual	2011 Actual	2012 Actual	2013 Approp
Drinking Water	$4,787,800	$4,526,100	$4,534,000	$4,390,100	$4,917,200
Total	$4,787,800	$4,526,100	$4,534,000	$4,390,100	$4,917,200

Categories of Expenditure (mouse-over category name for definition)	2009 Actual	2010 Actual	2011 Actual	2012 Actual	2013 Approp
Personnel Services	$3,196,200	$2,867,100	$3,387,200	$2,817,800	$3,653,300
In-state Travel	$48,300	$36,200	$29,000	$33,300	$34,200
Out-of-state Travel	$14,300	$19,700	$19,200	$16,300	$18,900
Current Expense	$665,900	$676,100	$665,600	$668,500	$709,600
DP Current Expense	$235,900	$279,100	$255,700	$200,800	$323,900
Other Charges/Pass Thru	$627,200	$647,900	$177,300	$177,300	$177,300
Cost Accounts	$0	$0	$0	$476,100	$0
Total	$4,787,800	$4,526,100	$4,534,000	$4,390,100	$4,917,200

Other Indicators	2009 Actual	2010 Actual	2011 Actual	2012 Actual	2013 Approp
Budgeted FTE	35.0	40.0	35.0	38.0	40.0
Actual FTE	32.8	33.3	32.7	36.1	0.0
Vehicles	3	3	3	3	3

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COBI contains unaudited data as presented to the Legislature by state agencies at the time of publication. For audited financial data see the State of Utah's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports.