Section 216-RICR-50-05-6.5 - Project Priority ListA. A project cannot receive funding from the DWSRF program unless it is on the approved Project Priority List. The chief executive officer of the eligible public water system must submit to the Department an application requesting that the proposed project be placed on the Project Priority List. The application must include: 1. A description of the project.2. The reason for the project. The explanation of the reason for the project should be of sufficient detail for the Director to determine the project's eligibility under § 6.4 of this Part and to rank the project pursuant to § 6.6 of this Part.3. Average annual residential water bill. The average annual residential water bill is to be based on 70,000 gallons of water per year. Supporting documentation must be provided with the application.4. The Median Household Income of the community in which the water service area is located. The Median Household Income is to be determined from income data in the most recent United States census. If there is reason to believe that the census data is not an accurate representation of the MHI within the area being served, the reason will be documented and the applicant will furnish additional information regarding the MHI. Information will consist of reliable data from local, regional, state or from an income survey conducted by a reliable impartial source. Median Household Incomes for service areas which cross municipal boundaries is the weighted average based on the number of service connections in each community. Supporting documentation must be provided with the application.5. The anticipated total cost of the project based on accepted engineering design and construction cost estimates.6. Anticipated start and finish dates.7. Public health benefits of the project. The public benefits of the project shall be of sufficient detail to clearly demonstrate the public health benefit of the project.10. System ownership type.12. Population served (current) by the project. Report the population that the project will serve directly at project completion (not the potential number of people that the project can serve in twenty (20) years).13. Population served by the system. Report the number of people connected to the water system.14. The number of service connections served by the project.15. The number of service connections served by the system.16. Project location. Provide the physical location of the primary place of performance of the funded activity. If the project spans a large geographic area such as distribution project, provide a street address that best represents the location of the center of the project. a. Address line 1. Provide the primary street address of the project.b. Address line 2. Provide any secondary street address information for the primary street address of the project (e.g. P.O. Box 123, pole #).c. Provide the primary city/or other political jurisdiction of the project location.d. Provide the primary zip code (zip + 4) of the project (e.g., 12345-6789).e. Congressional District. Provide the primary congressional district of the project location.B. The information provided pursuant to § 6.5(A) of this Part will be reviewed for accuracy and eligibility and then given a priority ranking score based on the ranking system in § 6.6 of this Part. The eligible projects and their respective information will then be listed in order of priority, highest to lowest, in a Project Priority List. The Project Priority List will show the following information: name of system, project description, population served, priority point score, and dollars to be funded. The Project Priority List will then be placed in the Intended Use Plan which will go out for public review and comment.216 R.I. Code R. 216-RICR-50-05-6.5