General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 569
January Session, 2015		LCO No. 2802
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Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Introduced by:
SEN. DUFF, 25th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEMS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to require (1) the Department of Public Health and the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to establish a process to identify and oversee small community water systems having financial difficulties that are not part of a water supply plan, and (2) the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to establish a cost-based, rate-setting policy for small community water systems established in the future.

Statement of Purpose:

To improve the financial capacity and system viability of the state's small community water system.