AWWA ACE65577

The powerpoint presentation begins by listing small community water system issues. It goes on to present a survey, using Illinois as representative of small water systems across the country. Information and statistics are provided for the following topics: understanding water system capacity in Illinois; Water System Size and Distribution of Sample; and, relative isolation by system size. Findings are presented on the following topics: size by age of system; ownership and last upgrade; perceived water system health; violations by size; size of communities and violations; type of violation by % FTE of operator; rates last raised by size; capital reserves; operator salary; operator age; community water board; and, access to internet. Initial findings included: a number of the issues that were expected do turn out to be issues, but not as severe as possibly anticipated; in a number of categories the mid-size utilities report greater problems than the small ones; and, there are growing opportunities to use internet and other high tech tools. Includes tables, figures.