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Chapter 109 Safe Drinking Water

Chapter 109 Safe Drinking Water. Fees November 16, 2010. Bureau of Water Standards and Facility Regulation. Drinking Water Program Facts. No. of Public Water Systems = 9,400 Ranked 4 th in Nation PA pop served by PWSs = 10.7 M Drinking Water complement = 197

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Chapter 109 Safe Drinking Water

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  1. Chapter 109Safe Drinking Water Fees November 16, 2010 Bureau of Water Standards and Facility Regulation

  2. Drinking Water Program Facts No. of Public Water Systems = 9,400 • Ranked 4th in Nation PA pop served by PWSs = 10.7 M Drinking Water complement = 197 • Field Operations complement = 155 • Number of sanitarians = 67 • Number of PWSs per san = 140

  3. Regulatory Agenda • 17 New regulations since 1996 • Future Regulations: • Total Coliform Rule Revisions • Distribution System Rule • Radon Rule • Lead and Copper Rule Long Term Rev. • Emerging Contaminants

  4. Environmental Program Management Fiscal Year Funding ($1000) 2006-2007 $ 36,643 2007-2008 $ 39,909 2008-2009 $ 41,800 2009-2010 $ 32,694 2010-2011 $ 29,357

  5. Purpose of Proposed Fees Protect public health. Supplement state costs for administering the Drinking Water Program. Ensure state and federal program commitments are met and primacy is retained.

  6. Workload Analysis For each activity, a template was created with standard hours per output. For the most part, the outputs are objective – based on state or federal mandates or policies. For example: • DEP must conduct a sanitary survey at all CWSs every 3 years. • A sanitary survey (or full inspection) at a small CWS takes 22.5 hours. This includes the time to prepare/review files, conduct the inspection, and write the final report. Each region completed the template using the appropriate numbers (i.e., # PWSs in the region, etc.). The final numbers were tallied by CO to determine the workload and number of FTEs needed.

  7. Workload Analysis Results SERO NERO SCRO Total Program Hours 43,075.5 73,981 82,082.5 Calculated FTEs 25.6 44.0 48.9 Complement FTEs 14 34 37 Difference -11.6 -10.0 -11.9 NCRO SWRO NWRO Total Program Hours 38,204.5 42,951.5 37,483.64 Calculated FTEs 22.7 25.6 22.3 Complement FTEs 20 24 16 Difference -2.7 -1.6 -6.3

  8. Workload Analysis Impact • The workload analysis supports a return to the pre-furlough complement. • The proposed sanitarian complement will lower the PWSs/san ratio from 140 to 125. • Total complement = 197

  9. Positions Included in Fees

  10. Fee Comparison - Other States Pop # Prop PA Served Conn Fees DE OH NJ RI SC VA 25 9 $300 $50 $112 $120 $330 $113 $18 125 46 $500 $50 $112 $120 $330 $561 $94 750 278 $1,500 $250 $534 $120 $417 $1,600 $570 3,300 1,222 $5,000 $500 $2,346 $720 $1,833 $5,336 $2,505 10,000 3,704 $10,000 $1,000 $5,482 $720 $5,556 $9,556 $7,593 50,000 18,518 $30,000 $2,000 $20,370 $1,580 $27,777 $27,716 $37,962 100,000 37,037 $50,000 $3,000 $38,518 $1,580 $32,500 $33,568 $74,074 120,000 45,052 $60,000 $3,000 $46,854 $1,580 $32,500 $35,572 $90,104 160,000 59,259 $60,000 $3,000 $54,518 $3,280 $32,500 $39,448 $121,481 250,000 92,592 $60,000 $3,000 $85,185 $3,280 $32,500 $44,448 $160,000 660,000 244,444 $60,000 $3,000 $185,777 $3,280 $32,500 $62,503$160,000 820,000 303,704 $60,000 $3,000 $230,815 $3,280 $32,500 $68,429$160,000 1,600,000 592,593 $60,000 $3,000 $450,371 $3,280 $32,500 $97,318$160,000

  11. Example: Fee per Connection • Total population = 10.7 M • Total # connections = 10.7 M / 2.7 = 4 M • Need $7 M from CWS fees • $1.75 / connection • Examples: Pop #Connections Fee Service Cost % of Cost 25 9 $15.75 $1,360 1.16% 125 46 $80.50 $1,515 5.31% 750 278 $486.50 $1,670 29% 3,300 1,222 $2,138.50 $1,825 117% 10,000 3,704 $6,482.00 $1,980 327% 50,000 18,518 $32,406.50 $3,400 953% 100,000 37,037 $64,814.75 $4,500 1,440% 120,000 45,052 $78,841.00 $4,500 1,752% 160,000 59,259 $103,703.25 $4,500 2,305% 250,000 92,592 $162,036.00 $4,500 3,601% 660,000 244,444 $427,777.00 $4,500 9,506% 820,000 303,704 $531,482.00 $4,500 11,811% 1,600,000 592,593 $1,037,037.75 $4,500 23,045%

  12. Example: Fee per Connection • Other examples: Facility Pop # Connections Fee Nursing home 30 1 $1.75 Nursing home 400 1 $1.75 Prison 2,488 1 $1.75 University 7,950 1 $1.75 Resort 1,001 4 $7.00 • How should we define the # connections for non-conventional CWSs to ensure an equitable assessment of fees?

  13. Comparison of Two Options Option #1 Option #2 Pop #Connections Pop-based Fee Connection-based Fee 25 9 $300 $15.75 125 46 $500 $80.50 750 278 $2,000 $486.50 3,300 1,222 $2,000 $2,138.50 10,000 3,704 $10,000 $6,482.00 50,000 18,518 $25,000 $32,406.50 100,000 37,037 $50,000 $64,814.75 120,000 45,052 $60,000 $78,841.00 160,000 59,259 $60,000 $103,703.25 250,000 92,592 $60,000 $162,036.00 660,000 244,444 $60,000 $427,777.00 820,000 303,704 $60,000 $531,482.00 1,600,000 592,593 $60,000 $1,037,037.75

  14. Summary Revisions required to maintain an adequate funding source to retain primacy Revisions will ensure that only people who receive public water will pay for the administration of the Safe Drinking Water program The Department recommends that the EQB approve the proposed revisions with a 30-day public comment period

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