Compendium of Budget Information for the 2014 General Session

Natural Resources, Agriculture, and 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;
  • ensure compliance with Utah public drinking water monitoring and quality 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; and,
  • perform site inspections (sanitary surveys) and track the correction of physical deficiencies.

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 performs grout witness services on new wells as well as construction inspections. It also performs site inspections known as sanitary surveys.

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 sanitary surveys.

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 469 community water systems, 70 non-transient non-community water systems, and 480 non-community water systems. It also performs sanitary surveys.

Construction Assistance Section

This 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 15 drinking water loans is expected to be $21,598,600:

  • $3,587,500 - designated sales tax;
  • $6,000,000 - federal funds; and,
  • $12,011,100 - loan repayments (principal, interest, and 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.

DW1

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.

DW2

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.

DW3

In addition to the key performance measures listed above, the division reported the following performances measures for FY 2013:

  • regulated approximately 1,019 public water systems, ensuring that 99.8 percent of the population in Utah gets water from an approved public water system;
  • conducted 334 sanitary surveys;
  • reviewed 898 unique engineering projects;
  • reviewed 251 source protection plans;
  • took 21 formal enforcement actions;
  • authorized 27 construction projects involving $27,750,000 in financial assistance; and,
  • maintained certifications for 2,222 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)
General Fund
General Fund, One-time
Federal Funds
Dedicated Credits Revenue
WDSF - Drinking Water Loan Program
WDSF - Drinking Water Origination Fee
Transfers
Transfers - Within Agency
Lapsing Balance
Total
2010
Actual
2011
Actual
2012
Actual
2013
Actual
2014
Approp
2014
Change
2014
Revised
2015
Change
2015
Approp
$1,017,900 $1,028,400 $1,018,000 $1,032,800 $1,050,000
$0
$1,050,000
$17,200
$1,067,200
($45,700) $0 $0 $0 $0
$1,800
$1,800
$1,800
$3,600
$3,581,400 $3,544,600 $3,338,000 $3,405,400 $3,626,400
$109,900
$3,736,300
$112,600
$3,848,900
$178,800 $172,200 $157,000 $165,700 $164,400
$6,300
$170,700
$2,400
$173,100
$138,700 $142,200 $142,200 $140,500 $142,400
$300
$142,700
$803,000
$945,700
$76,200 $74,900 $199,300 $202,300 $204,100
$200
$204,300
$2,300
$206,600
$0 $0 $0 $32,900 $0
$42,100
$42,100
($3,400)
$38,700
($334,900) ($381,800) ($303,700) ($315,400) ($287,700)
($50,200)
($337,900)
($30,000)
($367,900)
($86,300) ($46,500) ($160,700) ($103,900) $0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$4,526,100
$4,534,000
$4,390,100
$4,560,300
$4,899,600
$110,400
$5,010,000
$905,900
$5,915,900
Programs:
(click linked program name to drill-down)
Drinking Water
Total
2010
Actual
2011
Actual
2012
Actual
2013
Actual
2014
Approp
2014
Change
2014
Revised
2015
Change
2015
Approp
$4,526,100 $4,534,000 $4,390,100 $4,560,300 $4,899,600
$110,400
$5,010,000
$905,900
$5,915,900
$4,526,100
$4,534,000
$4,390,100
$4,560,300
$4,899,600
$110,400
$5,010,000
$905,900
$5,915,900
Categories of Expenditure
(mouse-over category name for definition)
Personnel Services
In-state Travel
Out-of-state Travel
Current Expense
DP Current Expense
Other Charges/Pass Thru
Cost Accounts
Total
2010
Actual
2011
Actual
2012
Actual
2013
Actual
2014
Approp
2014
Change
2014
Revised
2015
Change
2015
Approp
$2,867,100 $3,387,200 $2,817,800 $2,961,600 $3,648,100
($36,400)
$3,611,700
$201,300
$3,813,000
$36,200 $29,000 $33,300 $31,000 $37,000
($1,300)
$35,700
$1,000
$36,700
$19,700 $19,200 $16,300 $17,800 $18,900
$0
$18,900
$0
$18,900
$676,100 $665,600 $668,500 $636,300 $720,000
$30,300
$750,300
$571,700
$1,322,000
$279,100 $255,700 $200,800 $218,600 $298,300
$117,800
$416,100
($68,100)
$348,000
$647,900 $177,300 $177,300 $177,300 $177,300
$0
$177,300
$200,000
$377,300
$0 $0 $476,100 $517,700 $0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$4,526,100
$4,534,000
$4,390,100
$4,560,300
$4,899,600
$110,400
$5,010,000
$905,900
$5,915,900
Other Indicators
 
Budgeted FTE
Actual FTE
Vehicles

2010
Actual
2011
Actual
2012
Actual
2013
Actual
2014
Approp
2014
Change
2014
Revised
2015
Change
2015
Approp
40.0 35.0 38.0 38.0 39.0
0.0
39.0
0.0
39.0
33.3 32.7 36.1 36.5 0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
3 3 3 3 3
0
3
0
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.