<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512f000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC2 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: underline; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=74:05:11:01"><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0-000000">74:05:11:01</span></a><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0-000001">.  Definitions.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0"> Terms not defined in this section have the meaning given by the Safe Drinking Water Act. Terms used in this chapter mean:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512f000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">    (1)  "Act," "Safe Drinking Water Act," the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. § 300f to 42 U.S.C. § 300j-26, inclusive, including the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996, as amended to July 1, 2013</span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">;</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0"> Public Law 111-88, enacted October 30, 2009</span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">;</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0"> Public Law 1</span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=12-10"><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0-000003">12-10</span></a><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">, enacted April 15, 2011</span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">;</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0"> Public Law 112-74, enacted December 23, 2011</span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">;</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0"> Public Law 1</span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=13-6"><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0-000003">13-6</span></a><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">, enacted March 26, 2013</span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">;</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0"> Public Law 113-76, enacted January 17, 2014</span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">;</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0"> </span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">Public Law 113-235, enacted December 16, 2014; Public Law 114-113, enacted December 18, 2015; Public Law 114-322, enacted December 16, 2016; Public Law 1</span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=15-31"><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0-000003">15-31</span></a><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">, enacted May 5, 2017; Public Law 115-141, enacted March 23, 2018; Public Law 115-270, enacted October 23, 2018; Public Law 1</span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=16-6"><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0-000003">16-6</span></a><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">, enacted February 15, 2019; Public Law 116-260, enacted December 20, 2019; Public Law 116-93, enacted December 27, 2020; Public Law 117-58, enacted November 15, 2021; and Public Law 117-103, enacted March 15, 2022</span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512f000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">    (2)  "Affordability criteria," the expected annual residential water rate, based on </span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">five thousand</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0"> gallons usage per month for municipalities and sanitary districts and </span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">seven thousand</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0"> gallons usage per month for all other systems, divided by the median household income;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512f000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">    (3)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">  </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">"Assistance," financial assistance awarded by the Board of Water and Natural Resources for drinking water works pursuant to SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=46A-1-60.1"><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0-000003">46A-1-60.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=46A-1-60.3"><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0-000003">46A-1-60.3</span></a><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">, inclusive;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512f000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">    (</span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">4</span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">)  "Board," the Board of Water and Natural Resources acting as that board or as the South Dakota Conservancy District;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512f000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">    (</span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">5</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">)  "Community water system," a water system that has at least </span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">fifteen</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0"> service connections for year-round residents or that serves at least </span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">twenty-five</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0"> year-round residents;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512f000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">    (</span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">6</span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">)  "Construction," any of the following procedures for drinking water works projects: preliminary planning to determine project feasibility; engineering, architectural, legal, fiscal, environmental, or economic studies, surveys, designs, plans, working drawings, specifications, or procedures; rehabilitation or development of new water sources; other necessary actions for the erection, building, acquisition, alterations, remodeling, improvement, or extension of drinking water works; the purchase of equipment; the acquisition of land integral to a project; and the inspection or supervision of any of these procedures;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512f000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">    (</span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">7</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">)  "Department," the South Dakota Department of </span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">Agriculture</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0"> and Natural Resources;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512f000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">    (</span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">8</span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">)  "Disadvantaged community," the service area of a community water system that meets the following criteria:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512f000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">        (a)  For municipalities and sanitary districts:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512f000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">             (i)  The median household income is below the state-wide median household income; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">            (ii)  The monthly residential water bill is </span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">forty-five dollars</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0"> or more for </span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">five thousand</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0"> gallons usage</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0"> or thirty dollars or more for five thousand gallons usage for projects that will receive loan proceeds from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Emerging Contaminants funding or the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Lead Service Line Replacement funding made available through Public Law 117-58</span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512f000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">        (b)  For all other applicants:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512f000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">             (i)  The median household income is below the state-wide median household income; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">            (ii)  The monthly water bill for rural households is </span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">seventy dollars</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0"> or more for </span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">seven thousand</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0"> gallons usage</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0"> or fifty-five dollars or more for seven thousand gallons usage for projects that will receive loan proceeds from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Emerging Contaminants funding or the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Lead Service Line Replacement funding made available through Public Law 117-58</span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512f000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">    (</span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">9</span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">)  "Drinking water works," a community water system to provide piped water for human consumption;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512f000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">    (10)  "Emerging contaminants," perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances or any contaminant in the U.S. EPA, Contaminant Candidate List 5 - Final, 87 Fed. Reg. 68060, 68063-67, (Nov. 14, 2022);</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512f000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">    (</span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">11</span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">)  "Facilities plan," an engineering evaluation that describes the need for the proposed supply, treatment, storage, or distribution project based on present conditions and future needs; evaluates the costs and adequacies of appropriate alternatives; identifies potential environmental impacts of the proposed project; and provides the selection and justification of a final alternative;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512f000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">    (</span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">12</span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">)  "Intended use plan," a document prepared annually which describes how the board intends to use available funds for the year to meet the objectives of the Act and includes the amount of funding that will be allocated to the set-asides and a list of potential projects showing the rating for each project;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512f000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">    (</span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">13</span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">)  "Interim financing," a loan for a term not to exceed five years which is to be repaid from the proceeds of a federal grant or loan to be made by an agency or instrumentality of the United States government for a project;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512f000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">    (</span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">14</span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">)  "Loan," the lending of funds by the board to an eligible applicant pursuant to a financing agreement through the purchase or acquisition of any evidence of indebtedness or other obligation which is issued by the applicant and which is payable from taxes</span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">;</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0"> from rates, revenues, charges, or assessments</span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">;</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0"> from distributions of revenue pursuant to a state appropriation or statutory or constitutional provision</span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">;</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0"> or from pledge of property or other sources;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512f000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">    (</span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">15</span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">)  "Median household income," as identified in the U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0"> DP03 Selected Economic Characteristics 2020: 5-Year Estimates Data Profiles, </span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">or by other statistically valid income data supplied by the applicant and acceptable to the board;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512f000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">    (</span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">16</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">)  "Minimum established rate," </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">a </span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">rate charged to residential users of a water system that meet</span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">s</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0"> the following criteria:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512f000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">        (a)  For municipalities and sanitary districts the monthly residential water bill is </span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">forty-five dollars</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0"> or more for </span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">five thousand</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0"> gallons usage; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512f000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">        (b)  For all other assistance recipients the monthly residential water bill is </span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">seventy dollars</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0"> or more for </span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">seven thousand</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0"> gallons usage;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512f000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">    (</span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">17</span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">)  "Project," the actual erection, building, acquisition, alteration, remodeling, improvement, or extension of drinking water works, including the necessary planning, design, acquisition of land integral to the project, and purchase or installation of equipment;</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0"> and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512f000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">    (</span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">18</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">)  "Secretary," the secretary of the Department of </span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">Agriculture</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0"> and Natural Resources.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512f000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">    </span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0"> 23 SDR 195, effective May 25, 1997; 25 SDR 93, effective January 9, 1999; 28 SDR 95, effective December 19, 2001; 29 SDR 58, effective November 6, 2002; 30 SDR 100, effective December 23, 2003; 30 SDR 170, effective May 10, 2004; 33 SDR 106, effective December 26, 2006; 36 SDR 208, effective June 28, 2010; 40 SDR 14, effective July 29, 2013; 41 SDR 173, effective May 11, 2015</span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">; SL 2021, ch 1, §§</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0"> </span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">8, 19, effective April 19, 2021</span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">; 49 SDR 100, effective May 22, 2023</span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">    </span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=46A-1-60.2"><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0-000003">46A-1-60.</span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0-000003">2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=46A-1-60.3"><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0-000003">46A-1-60.3</span></a><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">    </span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=46A-1-60.1"><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0-000003">46A-1-60.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=46A-1-60.3"><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0-000003">46A-1-60.3</span></a><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">, inclusive</span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512f000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">    </span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0-000001">Reference:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0"> </span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">DP03 Selected Economic Characteristics 2020: 5-Year Estimates Data Profiles</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0"> information is available at no cost over the internet at </span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC2">https://danr.sd.gov/Funding/EnvironmentalFunding/docs/2020_MHI.xlsx</span><span class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512fP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s367ed1dd-2a3b-4937-a9ab-ee3ee732512f000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>