Wisconsin Statutes 281.62 – Other drinking water quality activities
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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 281.62
- Acquire: when used in connection with a grant of power to any person, includes the acquisition by purchase, grant, gift or bequest. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Following: when used by way of reference to any statute section, means the section next following that in which the reference is made. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- Land: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments and all rights thereto and interests therein. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed; "year" alone means "year of our Lord". See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
(1) In this section:
(a) “Community water system” means a public water system that serves at least 15 service connections used by year-round residents of the area served by the public water system or that regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents.
(b) “Noncommunity water system” means a public water system that is not a community water system.
(c) “Public water system” has the meaning given in s. 281.61 (1) (c).
(2)
(a) With the approval of the department of administration, the department may expend funds from the appropriation accounts under s. 20.320 (2) (s) and (x) for any of the following:
1. Providing a loan to the owner of a community water system or a nonprofit noncommunity water system to acquire land or a conservation easement from a willing seller or grantor to protect the source water of the water system from contamination and to ensure compliance with national primary drinking water regulations under 42 USC 300g-1.
2. Providing a loan to the owner of a community water system to do any of the following:
a. Implement voluntary source water protection measures in areas delineated as provided in 42 USC 300j-13 in order to facilitate compliance with national primary drinking water regulations under 42 USC 300g-1 or otherwise significantly further the health protection objectives of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S. Code § 300f to 300j-26.
b. Implement a program for source water quality protection partnerships as provided in 42 USC 300j-14.
3. Assisting the owner of a public water system to develop the technical, managerial and financial capacity to comply with national primary drinking water regulations under 42 USC 300g-1.
4. Delineating or assessing source water protection areas as provided under 42 USC 300j-13.
5. Protecting wellhead areas from contamination as provided in 42 USC 300h-7.
(b) In any fiscal year, the department may not expend under par. (a) more than 15 percent of the funds provided under 42 USC 300j-12 in that fiscal year. In any fiscal year, the department may not expend under par. (a) 1., 2., 3., 4. or 5. more than 10 percent of the funds provided under 42 USC 300j-12 in that fiscal year.
(3)
(a) With the approval of the department of administration, the department may expend funds from the appropriation accounts under s. 20.320 (2) (s) and (x) for any of the following:
1. Public water system supervision as provided in 42 USC 300j-2 (a).
2. Technical assistance concerning source water protection.
3. Developing and implementing a capacity development strategy required under 42 USC 300g-9 (c).
4. Operator certification required under 42 USC 300g-8.
(b) In any fiscal year, the department may not expend under par. (a) more than 10 percent of the funds provided under 42 USC 300j-12 in that fiscal year.
(4) With the approval of the department of administration, the department may expend funds from the appropriation accounts under s. 20.320 (2) (s) and (x) to provide technical assistance to public water systems serving 10,000 or fewer persons. In any fiscal year, the department may not expend under this subsection more than 2 percent of the funds provided under 42 USC 300j-12 in that fiscal year.