Coordinated Water System Plan - Kitsap County Government

Kitsap County May 9, 2005
Coordinated Water System Plan
Regional Supplement 2005 Revision
process that will be used to resolve any dispute over retail service area. A new public
water system will not be permitted unless the designated water system is "unable or
unwilling" to provide water service in a "timely and reasonable" manner.
Within designated retail service areas, an applicant will be referred to the designated
utility to arrange for the desired level of utility service. In the event the utility cannot
provide timely service to the proposed activity, it will advise the applicant of the utility's
design standards and discuss the feasibility of creating a new water system to serve the
project. If the applicant does not install a water system to the designated utility's
standards, then the interim system must at least meet the minimum Group A or Group B
standards, as prescribed by the CWSP.
As a condition of the final plat, short plat, or land use approval, where facilities less than
the designated utility's design standards are utilized, the designated utility will review
with the applicant the potential of paying additional costs at a later date in order to
upgrade piping and other facilities to integrate the interim system with the utility. Also at
the time of plat, short plat, or land use approval, the County will ensure that a covenant is
entered on the title report for each parcel. The covenant will acknowledge that the owner
of the parcel may be responsible for paying to upgrade interim water utility facilities to
the designated utility's design standards when it is connected to the designated utility at
some time in the future. This covenant will remain on the property title report until the
interim system is incorporated in the designated utility’s system.
When a new system is formed, the approving agency should require a demonstration of
financial viability and system capacity for system operation and management.
Recommended guidelines for determining financial viability are set forth in the State
Department of Health Financial Viability Manual (DOH Publication # 331-104,
March 1995).
Some water purveyors provide or may in the future provide wholesale water to other
water systems. Such purveyors will designate the area in which they are willing to
provide wholesale water service. To maximize flexibility, wholesale water service areas
may overlap, as a water system may want to have multiple outside wholesale water
supplies. Wholesale water sales will be conducted based on individual agreements
between the parties involved.
1.2.6 Classification of Existing Systems
DOH classifies Group-A water systems employing the following criteria:
Section 1 - Summary 1-3