4>EPA Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) Program:
FY2004 State Grant Allotments
Summary
EPA awards annual grants to eligible states, territories, and Indian tribes to assist them in carrying out their
Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) programs. The amount of funding available in FY2004 is
$101,994,700.
Background
Beginning in FY1976 EPA has received an appropriation under section 1443(a) of the Safe Drinking Water Act
(SOWA) to assist states, territories, and tribes in carrying out their Public Water System Supervision programs.
The funds are to be used to develop and implement a PWSS program adequate to enforce the requirements of the
SDWA and ensure that water systems comply with the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations listed in
40 CRF 141. Designated state agencies in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, or an individual Indian tribe
treated as a state, that have been delegated Primary Enforcement Responsibility for the Public Water System
Supervision Program are eligible to receive grants. Currently, all states and territories have been delegated
authority, with the exception of Wyoming and the District of Columbia (neither of which has sought delegation).
The Navajo Nation is the only Indian tribe to have sought and received program authority. For FY2004 a total
of $101,994,700 is available to assist these programs.
Method of Allotment
Funds appropriated each year are allotted, by formula, on the basis of state population (20%) as contained in the
most currently available Statistical Abstract; state land area (10%) as contained in the most currently available
Statistical Abstract; the number of community and non-transient non-community water systems in the state (5 6%)
and the number of transient non-community water systems in the state (14%); all water system inventories being
provided by the states to EPA's Federal database SDWIS/FED. No state except American Samoa, Guam, the
Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands may be allotted less than 1 percent of the FY 89 appropriation
and no entity's allotment shall be less than 95 percent of its prior year allotment. Up to seven percent of the
national total available grant funds are set-aside for Indian land activities in accordance with EPA Grant
Regulations (40CFR35.673). The formula factors of population and land area are statutory (SDWA §1443(a)).
The other factors, and all of the weightings, are Agency imposed. Federal assistance is limited to 75 percent of
eligible costs, not to exceed the state allotment.
Allotments for FY2004
A total of $101,994,700 is available for FY2004. This amount is based on an appropriation of $102,600,000 and
the "across-the-board" recission of 0.59%. $6,564,600 (6.44%) is being used to support PWSS program activities
on tribal lands; $95,430,100 is being allotted to states and territories. The allotments range from $124,200 for
Guam to $6,198,300 for California. A complete list of the formula allotments is provided on the reverse side of
this page.
How to Get Additional Information
Information about the Public Water System Program including state grant allotments, can be found at:
http://www. epa. gov/safewater/pws/pwsgrant.html
Office of Water (4606M) EPA 816-F-04-008 March 2004 www.epa.gov/safewater
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Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) Program
FY2004 Formula Grant Allotments
Alabama
Alaska
American Samoa
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia *
Florida
Georgia
Guam
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
$915,900
$2,221,500
$124,600
$1,380,100
$984,200
$6,198,300
$1,490,100
$1,406,600
$559,300
$359,800
$3,845,800
$2,165,400
$124,200
$458,600
$1,172,600
$3,039,800
$2,017,800
$1,373,400
$1,121,400
$833,700
$1,443,700
$932,900
$1,550,600
$1,135,200
$4,457,000
$2,564,000
$1,264,700
$1,920,800
$1,218,700
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Northern Mariana Islands
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virgin Islands
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming *
Tribal Support Programs **
$983,100
$811,500
$1,087,500
$2,023,700
$1,035,600
$4,873,300
$3,496,200
$659,100
$171,200
$3,020,200
$1,378,500
$1,580,700
$4,290,600
$746,000
$487,600
$1,078,200
$729,000
$1,080,400
$5,994,600
$855,300
$764,700
$260,900
$2,188,800
$2,626,300
$854,600
$3,346,300
$725,500
$6,564,600
* Have not applied for primary enforcement authority (Primacy) for the PWSS program and, therefore,
are not eligible for a PWSS grant.
** Tribal Program Support funds include a Primacy grant of $461,000 to the Navajo Nation, which is the
only Tribe that currently has primary enforcement authority fo the PWSS Program.
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