Maine CDC
Drinking Water
Program
Update
2013
DWP Staffing Updates
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Jennifer Jamison – Lab Cert Officer 1/13
Darren Brann – Compliance Officer 6/13
Rychel McKenzie – Field Engineer Bangor 9/13
Assistant Laboratory Certification Officer – new
position - Interviewing
Compliance Officer – one vacancy (Pam Bryer)
Compliance Officer – Lindy Moceus retiring
12/27
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DWP Budget
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Drinking Water State Revolving
Fund
$200 Million
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2014 DWSRF
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48 project applications were received totaling
requests of $24 Million
Draft Primary List prepared with 28 projects
with $14 Million of DWSRF Funding.
Preparation on the 2013 Intended Use Plan and
Final Primary List is expected to completed in
January 2013.
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Grant Opportunities
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Wellhead Protection Grants
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Source Water Protection Grants
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Up to $5,000 per project ($10,000 for exceptional
circumstances)
Up to $5,000 per project ($10,000 for exceptional
circumstances)
Capacity Development Grants
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Up to $10,000 ($15,000 for exceptional projects)
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Grant Opportunities
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Consolidation Grants
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Very Small Water System Compliance “Loan”
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Up to $100,000
Up to $50,000
Sanitary Well Seal Cap Program
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Up to $250
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Land Acquisition Loans
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Purchase or Conserve Source Water Protection
Land
Contact Erika Bonenfant
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DWSRF State Match
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2014
Approximately $1.7 million needed
 LD 1492 Carryover bill from 2013 Legislative
Session
 Other Alternatives
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2015 and beyond
State Liquor Contract
 Revenue available starting in June 2015
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Pace of Spending
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Unliquidated Obligations (ULOs)
Congress questioning the need for additional
funding if the current funding isn’t being spent
EPA is asking states to consider ways of moving
money faster
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Compliance Topics
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Reduction of Lead in Drinking
Water Act
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Signed into law January 2011
Effective January 4, 2014
“Going Lead Free” session at 1:30 pm
Do hydrants need to meet the new lead free
standard?
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NSF/ANSI Standard 61
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All materials, products and coatings that contact
drinking water must be certified to meet
NSF/ANSI Standard 61
Standard 61 requires compliance with the lead
free provisions of the SDWA
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NSF/ANSI Standard 60
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All chemicals must be certified to Standard 60
Sanitary Survey
Labeling on packaging and/or
 Delivery and manufacturer paperwork
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Request to add or change chemicals
All changes to chemicals must be approved by the
DWP
 Documentation must include Standard 60
certification
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Drinking Water Compliance
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Sample early in the compliance period.
Allow for lab analysis time.
Analysis results must be submitted by certified
lab by the 10th day of the following month to
avoid a reporting violation.
Monthly Operating Reports submitted by the
10th of the following month- must be signed by
the Designated Operator unless otherwise
approved by the DWP
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Revised Total Coliform Rule
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Complete details at the 11:45 Session on
Thursday
Effective April 2016 – Maine might implement
on January 1, 2016
Non-Acute MCL goes away
Requires Assessments and Corrective Action
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Stage 2 Disinfectants and
Disinfection Byproducts Rule
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Stage 2 Rule applies to all systems that add a
disinfectant.
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Stage 2 Rule for Schedule 3 & 4 serving a
populations of 49,999 and less effective on October
1, 2013.
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Sample Results from Private Labs
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As of January 1, 2013 In-state private labs are
required to submit data electronically in an
approved format
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Resources on the DWP
Website
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Web Resources
Other States
Water Reuse
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Orange County Water District – Ground Water
replenishment Systems
Additional treatment of wastewater and injecting the
treated water into the ground for future use
 70 MGD capacity
 Microfiltration, RO, UV with Hydrogen Peroxide
 Tested for over 400 compounds
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Water Reuse
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Benefits
Creates a new local water supply
 Reuses a wasted resource
 Increases water supply reliability
 Costs less than imported water
 Saves half the energy over imported water and twothirds the energy to desalinate seawater
 Improves quality of water in the groundwater basin
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Direct Reuse in the future
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Baker City, Oregon
Crypto Outbreak!
Baker City watershed –
Elkhorn Mtns
Goodrich Lake – elev. 6871
Crypto Outbreak Timeline
• 7/29-31/13 – Increasing numbers of illnesses- 5
crypto confirmed
• 7/31/13 – City issues precautionary boil notice, begins
sampling from sources and distribution for crypto
• 8/3/13 – Test results from 7/31 positive for
crypto/giardia
• 8/7/13 – Very high crypto result for 8/4 Elk Creek
intake sample, intake shut down
• 8/20/13 – Boil notice lifted after two rounds of source
and distribution samples with non-detect results
• 8/21/13 to present - Two samples per week from
combined source water before treatment
Outbreak Decisions and Findings
• Water is source of outbreak – 20+% attack rate
(household survey)
• Most likely cause is cattle access to watershed
• Criteria for ending the boil notice – 2 consecutive
negative crypto findings from sources and distribution
• Criteria for ongoing monitoring – 2 crypto samples per
week from combined source water, at least 3 days
apart
• Criteria for resuming boil notice in future - 2
consecutive positive crypto findings
• Improved watershed control over cattle access is
prerequisite to continuation of filtration exception and
sufficiency of UV light treatment
Backflow Events -Oklahoma
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January 2008
Indication of contamination: blue water leaking
out of a line break and flowing into a creek
It was later determined that the color was caused
by an indicator that had been used with a
mixture of herbicides
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Backflow Events -Oklahoma
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A commercial herbicides applicator about ¾
mile north of the stream had been filling a 500
gallon tank containing concentrated herbicides
and blue colorant
Herbicides back-siphoned into the water lines
through a cross-connection created by a hose
submerged in the pesticide within a mixing tank
No backflow prevention device
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Backflow Events -Oklahoma
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Initially turned off entire distribution system –
population 4600
Resorted water service to areas as testing
indicated no contamination
Spent over $78,000 on water testing
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Backflow Events -Oklahoma
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June 2013
Indication of contamination: foam coming
from a kitchen faucet
A private pesticide applicator had been filling a
tank containing herbicides – hose submerged in
tank
Water District had planned repair involving
shutting off a portion of the distribution system
No backflow prevention device
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Backflow Events -Oklahoma
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Approximately 100 rural service connections
were left without water – 50 miles of water line
Nine days to restore full service
Testing Costs - $20,000
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Questions
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