Coordinated Water System Plan - Kitsap County Government

Kitsap County May 9, 2005
Coordinated Water System Plan
Regional Supplement 2005 Revision
Exhibit 3-2
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT
FOR ESTABLISHING WATER UTILITY RETAIL SERVICE AREA BOUNDARIES
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE KITSAP COUNTY
COORDINATED WATER SYSTEM PLAN
PREAMBLE
This Interlocal Agreement assigns a water utility retail service area, including a planning area for future
retail service that identifies the external boundary of the area for which the designated water purveyor has
assumed retail water service responsibility. The responsibilities accepted by the water purveyor are
outlined in the Kitsap County Coordinated Water System Plan (CWSP) and are contained in the adopted
rules and regulations of the State Department of Health (DOH). This agreement does not create a new
government entity nor does it give new authorities or responsibilities to the water purveyor or to the
County or State regulatory agencies, but rather acknowledges the geographical area for designated service
responsibilities. This agreement is in effect so long as the water utility remains as a public water system
purveyor and continues to carry out the obligations inherent in the agreement or until an agreement
amendment is executed.
The terms used within this Agreement shall be as defined in the implementing regulations of Chapter
70.116 RCW, except as identified below.
1. Kitsap County Water Utility Retail Service Area Map shall mean the map referenced in the
Interlocal Agreement as Attachment A that defines the retail water utility service area for the designated
water system.
2. Retail Water Utility Service Area shall mean the designated geographical area in which a
purveyor is responsible for planning and providing water service to its customers. The service area is
composed of both a current and future service area as described in the CWSP. A wholesale water
supplier shall not provide water to individual customers in another purveyor's retail service area except
with the written concurrence of the purveyor responsible for the geographical area in question. The retail
service area may be amended in accordance with the CWSP procedures and with the concurrence of the
affected water purveyors.
3. Lead Agency for administering the Kitsap County water utility service area agreements and retail
service area maps shall be the Kitsap County Health District (KCHD) unless otherwise established by
amendment to the CWSP.
The authority for this Agreement is granted by the Public Water System Coordination Act of 1977,
Chapter 70.116 RCW, having been properly initiated through the provisions of RCW 70.116.040.
Section 3 - Water Utility Service Areas 3-12