The pre-application forms and instructions that DHS mailed to public water systems were due to DHS district offices by November 1, 2000. DHS will be soliciting additional pre-applications in the future.
Eligible applicants are community water systems and non-profit noncommunity water systems.
These funds are available under the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Program . Source water protection loan funds may be used for planning, preliminary engineering, detailed design, construction, education, land acquisition, conservation easements, equipment purchase, and implementing the elements of a source water protection program. Similar funding levels are expected to be available in future years. Installation of signs at boundaries of zones or protection areas Structures to divert contaminated runoff from the source Projects that are ineligible for funding include those for which other funding mechanisms already exist, such as drinking water treatment or distribution system improvements, cleanup for identified hazardous waste sites and leaking underground storage tanks. For more information about Source Water Protection Program funding, contact your local office of the DHS Drinking Water Field Operations Branch .