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NJ-Providing technical assistance with navigating through the Water Bank process from application to project completion<\/p>\n
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- Identify and contact disadvantaged community projects on priority list \u2013 hold preapplication meetings with those ready to proceed and identifying those that need assistance\u200b (Refer to Preliminary TA). \u200b<\/li>\n
- Assign projects in disadvantaged communities to experienced staff who will be able to more effectively shepherd the project through the approval process. \u200b<\/li>\n
- Hold regularly scheduled (e.g., monthly) meetings with project applicants, DEP managers, I-Bank staff and project team.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Financial and Needs Assessments*<\/h4>\n
Providing technical assistance with understanding system and fiscal needs and how to pay for them.<\/p>\n
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- Conducting and reviewing preliminary system assessment and investigation data including processes and assets. \u200b<\/li>\n
- Providing comprehensive assessments of a system\u2019s fiscal condition, including rate structure, design and components. Gain an understanding of the fiscal capabilities to prioritize projects. \u200b<\/li>\n
- Financing acquisition and evaluating other alternatives. \u200b<\/li>\n
- Participating in public meetings to help interpret information about site conditions, proposed remedies, and remedy implementation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Community Engagement and Outreach Assistance*<\/h4>\n
Providing technical assistance to communities for public participation and outreach efforts.<\/p>\n
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- Assist with development of educational materials<\/li>\n
- Assist water systems and communities with public participation and outreach efforts<\/li>\n
- Organize community outreach to solicit community feedback and comments through public meetings\/on-line seminar sessions<\/li>\n
- Facilitate coordination between communities, DEP, the I-Bank, and all relevant stakeholders.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Engineering Services<\/h4>\n
(Drinking Water Systems Only)
\nProviding technical\u00a0<\/span><\/span>assistance for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>drinking water\u00a0<\/span><\/span>projects from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>project conception\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to planning and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>design and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>through the Water\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bank program.<\/span><\/span>\u200b<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_toggle title=”Lead Service Line Replacement Assistance” size=”lg”]<\/p>\n- \n
- Provide technical support services to assist water systems to develop:\n
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- Lead Service Line Inventories (LSLIs) and Plans \u200b<\/li>\n
- Capital Improvement Plans (CIP) for Lead Replacement \u200b<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Identify LSLR projects eligible for DWSRF funding<\/li>\n
- \u200bAssist with filing DWSRF Application<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Provide technical support services to assist water systems develop:\n
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- Technical, Managerial, & Financial (TMF) Evaluations<\/li>\n
- Asset Management Plans (AMPs)<\/li>\n
- Capital Improvement Plans (CIPs)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Assess systems to identify DWSRF eligible projects<\/li>\n
- Assist with filing a DWSRF application<\/li>\n
- Planning and design costs may or may not be covered in advance of a DWSRF loan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
[\/vc_toggle][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][vc_column_text]*Technical Assistance for Fiscal and Needs Assessment and Community Engagement for Drinking Water and Clean Water projects are currently under development. Join our mailing list for updates.<\/a><\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Questions, Comments?
\nContact us.<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content” css=”.vc_custom_1681138743973{background-image: url(https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wiip\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/169\/njdep-apply-banner.jpg?id=997) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1681138196438{background-color: rgba(10,10,10,0.5) !important;*background-color: rgb(10,10,10) !important;}”][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] Technical Assistance Program NJDEP in collaboration with our technical assistance providers will be offering no cost assistance to water systems for various activities such as engineering services, program navigation, and financial and needs assessments. [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][breadcrumb-shortcode][vc_column_text]NJ-TAP (New Jersey Technical Assistance […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":251,"featured_media":0,"parent":1320,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1573","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wiip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wiip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wiip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wiip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/251"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wiip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wiip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1573\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wiip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wiip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
- Provide technical support services to assist water systems develop:\n
- Provide technical support services to assist water systems to develop:\n