Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 445A - Water Controls › ACCOUNT FOR THE REVOLVING FUND AND ACCOUNT FOR SET-ASIDE PROGRAMS › Preliminary Procedures for Financing Water Projects and Other Authorized Activities › Section 445A.67569 - Priority list: Criteria for ranking water projects; prioritizing requests for certain financial assistance

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The Division
				shall rank water projects using the following criteria:
(a) The Division shall determine whether each
				water system qualifies as a public water system pursuant to
				42 U.S.C. §
											300j-12 to satisfy the requirements set forth
				therein to receive loan assistance.
(b) The Division shall place each water
				project into one of the following four classes:
(1) A Class I water project is intended to
				address acute health concerns, including, without limitation, demonstrated
				illness attributable to the public water system, significant noncompliance, a
				court-ordered compliance or acute health concerns related to meeting the water
				quality requirements of NAC
				445A.453. The Division shall
				prioritize Class I water projects, giving projects with a higher score priority
				over projects with a lower score, according to the total score each receives
				for:
(I) Demonstrated illness attributable to
				the public water system, significant noncompliance, a court-ordered compliance
				or acute health concerns related to meeting the water quality requirements of
				NAC 445A.453, 5 points;
(II) Demonstrated or documented noncompliance
				with the rules governing the maximum contaminant levels of microbiological
				contaminants found in 40
				C.F.R. §
													141.63,
				4 points;
(III) Being subject to an order to boil water
				issued under the authority of the Chief Medical Officer, 4 points;
(IV) Demonstrated or documented noncompliance
				with the rules governing the filtration and disinfection of surface water found
				in 40 C.F.R. §§
													141.70 to
				141.75, inclusive, 3
				points;
(V) Demonstrated or
				documented noncompliance with the rule governing the maximum contaminant levels
				of nitrate found in 40
				C.F.R. §
													141.62(b)(7)-(b)(9),
				2 points; and
(VI) Any other factor as provided in the
				intended use plan established for the year in which the priority list is
				developed, 1 point for each factor.
(2) A Class II water project is intended to
				address chronic health concerns by satisfying the requirements for water
				quality set forth in NAC 445A.453 and
				445A.455. The Division shall
				prioritize Class II water projects, giving projects with a higher score
				priority over projects with a lower score, according to the total score each
				receives for:
(I) Demonstrated or documented
				noncompliance with any one of the requirements for water quality set forth in
				NAC 445A.453, 10 points
				each;
(II) Exceeding any one of the
				secondary drinking water standards found in NAC
				445A.455, 1 point each;
				or
(III) Any other factor as
				provided in the intended use plan established for the year in which the
				priority list is developed, 1 point for each factor.
(3) A Class III water project is intended to
				address deteriorated, substandard or inadequate conditions in the public water
				system. The Division shall prioritize Class III water projects, giving projects
				with a higher score priority over projects with a lower score, according to the
				total score each project receives for the following types of water projects:
(I) The consolidation of water supplies or
				facilities to eliminate water supplies that are contaminated, eliminate
				facilities that do not meet state regulations, or enable systems through a
				physical or management consolidation to comply with technical, managerial and
				financial capability requirements, 25 points;
(II) The rehabilitation or replacement of
				treatment facilities that would improve the quality of drinking water to avoid
				noncompliance with NAC
				445A.453 and
				445A.455, 20 points;
(III) The rehabilitation, replacement or
				development of production facilities to replace contaminated sources, 15
				points;
(IV) The installation or
				upgrading of storage facilities associated with finished water reservoirs and
				reservoirs that are part of a water treatment facility and located on the
				property where the treatment facility is located to prevent microbiological
				contaminants from entering the water system, 10 points;
(V) The installation or replacement of
				transmission pipes to prevent contamination caused by leaks or breaks in the
				pipes or to improve water pressure to satisfy the requirements of NAC
				445A.6672, 8 points;
(VI) The installation or replacement of
				distribution pipes to prevent contamination caused by leaks or breaks in the
				pipes or to improve water pressure to satisfy the requirements of NAC
				445A.6672, 6 points;
(VII) The installation of equipment,
				facilities or devices to prevent contamination by backflow or cross-connections
				and to satisfy the requirements of NAC
				445A.67185 to
				445A.67255, inclusive, 4
				points;
(VIII) The installation of
				metering, if the metering is intended to satisfy the requirements of water
				conservation plans developed to comply with
				NRS
				540.121 to
				540.151, inclusive,
				704.662,
				704.6622 and
				704.6624, 3 points;
(IX) The installation or upgrading of
				security-related equipment, facilities or devices, 3 points;
(X) The installation of computer control for
				the water system, 3 points;
(XI)
				Any work intended to correct any noncompliance by the water system with
				applicable state or federal statutes or regulations or facilitate the
				enforcement of such statutes or regulations, 3 points; and
(XII) Any other factor as provided in the
				intended use plan established for the year in which the priority list is
				developed, 1 point for each factor.
(4) A Class IV project consists of
				refinancing any existing debt that was incurred after July 1, 1993, pursuant to
				42 U.S.C. §
												300j-12(f)(2).
(c) Regardless of the class in which a water
				project is placed and in addition to the criteria applicable to the project
				pursuant to paragraph (b), a project must be scored in accordance with the
				following criteria:
(1) For the water system
				having mapped its facilities and analyzed risks of failure in the system, the
				expected dates for renewing and replacing its facilities and equipment, and the
				sources and amounts of money needed to finance the operation, maintenance and
				capital expenditures of the system, 5 points.
(2) For the water system having developed a
				rate structure appropriate to build, operate and maintain the system, 5
				points.
(3) For the water system
				having specifically allocated money for the rehabilitation and replacement of
				aging or deteriorating facilities and equipment, 5 points.