Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XVIII. Public Health § 224A.316.Legislative findings; program implementation; priority to regional projects

(a) Develop the technical, managerial, and operational expertise needed to properly operate and maintain their drinking water and wastewater systems;

(b) Conserve, protect, and maximize the resources needed to offer drinking water and wastewater systems and services;

(c) Upgrade drinking water and wastewater systems and services to prevent water loss and inflow and infiltration from degrading infrastructure; and

(d) Leverage existing finance with anticipated federal dollars or with other sources as may be available from time to time to create a larger pool of finance for water and wastewater systems to make improvements while keeping customer rates affordable.

(a) Developing technical, operational, and maintenance resources and expertise;

(b) Improving utility infrastructure planning, repair, maintenance, renovation, and management of plants and assets;

(c) Obtaining technical expertise in areas of rate-setting, cost-of-service, and proper utility accounting standards for the utility type;

(d) Performing and correcting deficiencies from drinking water, wastewater, and financial audits;

(e) Providing finance for financial inadequacies, including debt service coverage through relief or refinance of the drinking water or wastewater system's debt;

(f) Payment assistance for other financial inadequacies such as excessive maintenance costs, fines and penalties from past violations, or consultants; and

(g) Extending finance for inadequately maintained distribution, collection, or treatment works, including service extensions to unserved or underserved areas and the renovation of treatment works to conserve resources.