Small Systems Implementation
Working Group: June 23 and 24, 1999
Chicago, Illinois
Executive Summary
The NDWAC Small Systems Implementation Working Group met at the Hyatt
on Printer's Row in Chicago, Illinois on June 23 and 24, 1999. Working
group members used this meeting to transition their activities from gathering
information to identifying and discussing policy issues and strategies.
Peter Shanaghan opened the meeting by thanking the members for their
work. He encouraged the group to start the process of formulating recommendations
to the National Drinking Water Advisory Council. Peter also regretfully
announced that Diane Kiesling would no longer be able to participate in
the working group. Ms. Kiesling will not be replaced given the advanced
stages of workgroup deliberations.
Each working group member had an opportunity to identify policy issues
for further discussion. With the assistance of the facilitator, this list
of issues was grouped into seven major categories, as follows:
- Capacity Development - helping States get the most out of
their Capacity Development Strategies
- Universal Service - exploring the concept of universal service
and lifeline rates
- Institutional Structures - how institutional structures help
as well as constrain small systems
- Public Awareness - helping customers understand the value
of drinking water
- Training and Education - particularly for managing bodies
of small systems
- Unsustainable Systems
- Federal Regulations and Guidance - how to continue improving
the clarity and substance
Cadmus will develop background papers for each of the above issues. The
working group will then use these papers to begin formulating recommendations
to the full National Drinking Water Advisory Council.
The working group also agreed on final edits to the two documents : "Small
System Regulatory Requirements Under the Safe Drinking Water Act as Amended
in 1996," and "Small Water System Characteristics." These documents will
go into final production in the coming weeks.
The group agreed to meet again via teleconference in late August 1999,
as well as explore the possibility of another meeting in Albuquerque,
NM in October 1999.
| Members Present |
Members Absent |
Guests |
Leon Jacobs
Curtis Truss
Michael Dimitriou
Jim Dunlap
Patrick Banegas
Mark Bugher
Gary Morgan
Charles Maddox
Steve Blackhurst (rep. Charles Maddox, 6/23)
Andrea Griese
Blanca Surgeon
JW Hellums, Jr.
Christine Hoover
Bob Wendelgass
David Siburg
Jerry Biberstine
John Scheltens
Peter Shanaghan
Bruce Florquist
Yvette Dipeiza
Charlene Denys (representing Paul Felz)
Kirk Leifheit |
Michael Walsh
Diane Kiesling |
Joy Barrett
Gwen Wise
Sahba Rouhani
Greg Carroll |
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