Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 50 - Environmental health › Subchapter 05 - Water Quality › Part 6 - Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (216-RICR-50-05-6) › Section 216-RICR-50-05-6.5 - Project Priority List

Current through June 14, 2024
A. A project cannot
				  receive funding from the DWSRF program unless it is on the approved Project
				  Priority List. The chief executive officer of the eligible public water system
				  must submit to the Department an application requesting that the proposed
				  project be placed on the Project Priority List. The application must include:
1. A description of the project.
2. The reason for the project. The
				  explanation of the reason for the project should be of sufficient detail for
				  the Director to determine the project's eligibility under §
											6.4   of this Part and to rank
				  the project pursuant to §
											6.6   of this Part.
3. Average annual residential water bill. The
				  average annual residential water bill is to be based on 70,000 gallons of water
				  per year. Supporting documentation must be provided with the
				  application.
4. The Median
				  Household Income of the community in which the water service area is located.
				  The Median Household Income is to be determined from income data in the most
				  recent United States census. If there is reason to believe that the census data
				  is not an accurate representation of the MHI within the area being served, the
				  reason will be documented and the applicant will furnish additional information
				  regarding the MHI. Information will consist of reliable data from local,
				  regional, state or from an income survey conducted by a reliable impartial
				  source. Median Household Incomes for service areas which cross municipal
				  boundaries is the weighted average based on the number of service connections
				  in each community. Supporting documentation must be provided with the
				  application.
5. The anticipated
				  total cost of the project based on accepted engineering design and construction
				  cost estimates.
6. Anticipated
				  start and finish dates.
7. Public
				  health benefits of the project. The public benefits of the project shall be of
				  sufficient detail to clearly demonstrate the public health benefit of the
				  project.
8. System type.
9. System ownership.
10. System ownership type.
11. Age of the system.
12. Population served (current) by the
				  project. Report the population that the project will serve directly at project
				  completion (not the potential number of people that the project can serve in
				  twenty (20) years).
13. Population
				  served by the system. Report the number of people connected to the water
				  system.
14. The number of service
				  connections served by the project.
15. The number of service connections served
				  by the system.
16. Project
				  location. Provide the physical location of the primary place of performance of
				  the funded activity. If the project spans a large geographic area such as
				  distribution project, provide a street address that best represents the
				  location of the center of the project.
a.
				  Address line 1. Provide the primary street address of the project.
b. Address line 2. Provide any secondary
				  street address information for the primary street address of the project (e.g.
				  P.O. Box 123, pole #).
c. Provide
				  the primary city/or other political jurisdiction of the project
				  location.
d. Provide the primary
				  zip code (zip + 4) of the project (e.g., 12345-6789).
e. Congressional District. Provide the
				  primary congressional district of the project location.