Revised On: Oct. 15th, 2024 - 04:06 pm
Revised On: June 28, 2024 - 2:50 p.m.
ADEQ provides free technical, managerial and financial (TMF) assistance to small public water systems using skilled professionals. Help can be provided by experienced ADEQ staff and third-party contractors.
On-site Technical Assistance
Following is a partial list of the types of technical assistance services that can be provided to small public water systems:
- System evaluation with recommendations for improvement
- Treatment selection & design
- Operations optimization
- Management & financial planning (e.g., budget preparation, rates analysis, board training, asset management)
- Preparing permitting documentation
- Planning for consolidation, acquisition and/or regionalization
- Seeking funding for needed improvements
ADEQ also created the predictive analytics program that predicts when a water system may exceed the arsenic safe drinking water standard and takes steps to prevent the exceedance. This proactive program features several key elements — forecasting model, compliance consultations and a roadmap to compliance — allowing public water systems to be better financially prepared, react faster, and create smarter, long-term solutions for safe drinking water. This voluntary consultation program is free to water systems and may provide insight into how they can avoid future arsenic MCL violations. This allows us to help public water systems avoid risks to public health and act on potential problems early, before they build into bigger, costlier problems | Learn About Predictive Analytics >
Is My Water System Eligible?
Community or non-profit, non-transient/non-community public water systems serving 10,000 or fewer persons are eligible for the Technical Assistance Program.
How Does It Work?
Every year, ADEQ develops the Master Priority List—a list of public water systems to contact for technical assistance. Based on each system's technical, managerial and financial capabilities, we identify problem areas that need to be addressed | Download Current Master Priority List >
Or, the water system can request technical assistance by contacting ADEQ's technical assistance coordinators listed under the Contact Us section on the sidebar of this webpage.
Once the need is identified, the process is as follows:
- A scope of work is developed for the water system
- Service is provided on pre-arranged dates (even on nights or weekends, depending on the system’s availability)
- Deliverables vary from a system evaluation and recommendations for operational improvements to design of a needed treatment system and permitting applications
What Does It Cost?
ADEQ's technical assistance services are free for participants. However, in order to improve the system's operations, some expenditures may result from implementation of program recommendations. We can help you identify potential funding opportunities depending on improvements needed, water system type and scope of the project.
Funding Opportunities for Water Systems
The Rural Water Infrastructure Committee is comprised of state, federal, local and nonprofit entities that provide technical and financial assistance to water systems | Learn More >
