New York Consolidated Laws, Public Health Law - PBH § 1114-a. Voluntary public water system consolidation study

(a) the feasibility of joining of two or more public water systems to form one water system;

(b) the feasibility of the consolidation of one or more public water systems into a larger public water system;

(c) the appropriate technical, managerial and financial capacity necessary for consolidation, including state funding mechanisms and incentives that could be utilized;

(d) potential public health impacts of consolidation, including ability to meet legally required water quality standards and the impact on monitoring, reporting and enforcement of drinking water standards;

(e) appropriate and sufficient guidance from the department necessary for those public water systems interested in consolidation; and

(f) recommendations for public water systems interested in voluntary consolidation.