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Capacity development: the small system perspective
Author(s) -
Soelter Alan D.,
Miller Ellen G.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1999.tb08617.x
Subject(s) - allotment , flexibility (engineering) , order (exchange) , safe drinking water act , state (computer science) , business , risk analysis (engineering) , perspective (graphical) , engineering , operations management , environmental economics , finance , computer science , economics , management , ecology , algorithm , artificial intelligence , water quality , market economy , biology
A sampling of state agencies and midsized and small systems uncovered concerns about capacity development provisions and suggestions for resolving these concerns. A brief two‐part study was undertaken to find out what midsized and smaller systems know about capacity development and what they need in order to comply with SDWA requirements. Three paradoxes emerged. (1) Capacity development provisions bring both more risk and more opportunity. (2) The provisions take more time but also save time. (3) The provisions allow states flexibility while requiring them, as a condition of receiving 100 percent of their Drinking Water State Revolving Fund allotment, to help systems acquire and maintain capacity. Suggested steps to resolve these paradoxes are presented for consideration by state primacy agencies and other groups.