Section 490-RICR-00-00-2.1 - Purpose and GoalsA. The purpose of these regulations is to implement the provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 46-5.3, as amended, to ensure: 1. Water Supply Systems Management Plans (WSSMP), including emergency management and contingency plans, are prepared, maintained, and carried out by each entity engaged in or authorized to engage in the supply, treatment, transmission or distribution of drinking water;2. that the WSSMPs are consistent with policies and set forth in the State Guide Plan particularly in those related to water resources, as may be added or amended from time to time by the Rhode Island State Planning Council;3. that the plans and their execution achieve effective conservation, development, utilization, and protection of this finite natural resource in ways that meet the present and future needs of the state and its people; 4. that Water Quality Protection Plans (WQPP) are incorporated as components of WSSMPs;5. that the WQPP component includes strategies for well-head and watershed protection required by statute and for drinking water quality improvements;6. that policies and procedures for collecting and administrating the Water Quality Protection Fund are implemented consistent with the intent of applicable Rhode Island General Laws, bonding agreements, and public interest.B. In accordance with policy, planning efforts shall ensure that existing sources of supply be maintained as long as their use or reactivation is feasible. Feasibility includes, but is not limited to, consideration of the quality of the source, the safe yield, the costs of operating and maintaining the source, and other statutory and non-financial constraints.C. The principal goals of these regulations are to produce a management plan for each water supply system that will: 1. meet all statutory requirements;2. carry out applicable policies and recommendations of the State Guide Plan:3. assist water suppliers in the development, operation, and maintenance of their systems;4. gain and maintain the eligibility of water suppliers to obtain financial assistance available for protection of water quality or for any other purpose related to management of water supply systems; and5. give local governments, state agencies, and the public information needed to assess the current and future needs of water supply systems in relation to community and state development so that they can assist water suppliers in meeting these needs.490 R.I. Code R. 490-RICR-00-00-2.1