WAC 246-296-070. Eligible projects and project-related costs

(1) Projects eligible for a DWSRF loan include those that: (a) Address or prevent violations of applicable federal, state, and local drinking water requirements; (b) Replace aging infrastructure to help a public water system comply with applicable federal, state, and local drinking water requirements to improve public health protection; (c) Improve system capacity of a public water system to help assure sustainable drinking water; (d) Promote increased water or energy efficiency, green projects, or innovation that will improve environmental sustainability and protect public health; or (e) Respond to an emergency. (2) Specific project-related costs eligible for a DWSRF loan include, but are not limited to, those that: (a) Improve a public water system's treatment, transmission, distribution, source, or storage; (b) Restructure water supplies or public water systems that have system capacity difficulties; (c) Retroactively finance municipal projects that: (i) Are for surface water treatment; (ii) Address groundwater under the direct influence of surface water; (iii) Address volatile organic or inorganic chemicals; or (iv) Are required by department or EPA order; (d) Acquire real property if needed to meet or maintain compliance with regulations or increase public health protection; (e) Pay for planning or design that is directly related to a DWSRF eligible project; (f) Finance the costs of restructuring for a publicly owned public water system; (g) Acquire, build, or repair reservoirs, including clear wells, that are part of the treatment process and located on the same property as the treatment facility; (h) Acquire, build, or repair distribution reservoirs; or (i) Are associated with a department-approved green project.