Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Final Priority System, Intended Use Plan, and Project Priority List, Federal Fiscal Year 2003

The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) Amendments of 1996 authorized a Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) to assist publicly owned and privately owned community water systems and nonprofit non-community water systems to finance the costs of infrastructure needed to achieve or maintain compliance with SDWA requirements and to protect the public health in conformance with the objectives of the SDWA. This document serves as the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's (NJDEP) DWSRF Priority System, Intended Use Plan (IUP) and Project Priority List and has several purposes regarding the use of anticipated federal funds, including: (1) the establishment of the ranking criteria under which DWSRF projects will be ranked and placed on the Priority List; (2) the establishment of program requirements and document submittal deadlines for award of DWSRF loans in State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2003; (3) the establishment of program requirements and document submittal deadlines for award of DWSRF loans in SFY2004; and (4) the establishment of the proposed uses of the set-asides using FFY2003 federal capitalization g rant funds.This is the finalized version of the plan.Contact Information: josephine.craver@dep.state.nj.us, or Roger.tsao@dep.state.nj.us. Via mail at the Bureau of Safe Drinking Water , 401 E. State Street, P.O. Box 426, Trenton, NJ 08625-042