Section 16-1-306 - Inventory of publicly owned water systems; sanitary surveys(a) The department and water development office shall maintain an inventory of publicly owned water systems within the state, which inventory may consist of such information as the department and water development office deem necessary to include information as provided by the environmental protection agency.(b) The department and water development office shall conduct sanitary surveys of community and nontransient noncommunity water systems within the state. The sanitary surveys shall be conducted no less than every five (5) years and information contained in the surveys shall be used in establishing the priority ranking list for eligible projects as part of this program.(c) The costs incurred by the department and water development office to maintain the inventory of publicly owned water systems and to conduct sanitary surveys may be reimbursed to the agencies from the administrative account.