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/or 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
We also perform predictive analytics where we use the water quality data we have for public water systems to identify trends in whether the water quality is improving or getting worse. This allows us to help predict whether there may be potential exceedances of drinking water standards and help public water systems avoid risks to public health. The predictive analytics program helps small water systems take action on potential problems early, before they build into bigger, costlier problems.We also perform predictive analytics using current and historic data to proactively help small water systems avoid drinking water standard exceedances that pose a risk to public health and take action 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 directly or through its compliance assistance coordinator | Coordinator Contact List >
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 >
