§ 4773. Loan priorities

The Secretary shall at least annually prepare a list of projects, ranked in priority order, that are eligible for financial assistance under this subchapter. In establishing such priorities, the Secretary shall at a minimum consider the following:

(1) the quality and quantity of water supplied by the existing system;

(2) any declared health hazard to be abated by the proposed project;

(3) the population to be served;

(4) the readiness of the project to proceed to the next planning or construction step; and

(5) the consolidation of smaller water systems into new larger water systems. (Added 1997, No. 62, § 75, eff. June 26, 1997.)