SDWA capacity development

• Published in: Journal - American Water Works Association Vol. 90; no. 5; pp. 51 - 59
• Main Authors: Shanaghan, Peter E., Kline, Ian P., Beecher, Janice A., Jones, Ralph T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Denver, CO American Water Works Association 01-05-1998
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Certification; Community capacity building; Compliance; Costs; Drinking Water; Drinking water and swimming-pool water. Desalination; Environmental agencies; Environmental protection; Exact sciences and technology; Financial management; Food law; Infrastructure; Knowledge management; Legislation; Noncompliance; Pollution; Potable water; Provisions; Public health; Regulations; Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments; Small Water Systems; Stakeholders; Statutory law; System capacity; Water consumption; Water management; Water Systems; Water treatment and pollution; United States; North America; America; Drinking water; Financing; Legislation; Water resource management
• ISSN: 0003-150X; 1551-8833
• DOI: 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1998.tb08433.x

The capacity development provisions of the 1996 Safe Drinking Water Act offer a flexible framework within which states and water systems can work together to ensure that systems acquire and maintain the technical, financial, and managerial capacity needed to consistently achieve the public health protection objectives of the act. Capacity development is related to the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) in two important ways: states may set aside funds from their DWSRF allotments to develop and implement capacity development programs, and the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) is required to withhold DWSRF funds from states that fail to implement the capacity development provisions. USEPA's implementation of the capacity development provisions is being guided by an unprecedented process of stakeholder consultation and involvement.