DEP Offers Qualifying Drinking Water Systems Free Professional Engineering Assistance

Small and medium-sized public community and nonprofit non-community water systems may qualify for free engineering assistance for drinking water systems under DEP’s Professional Engineering Services Program.

Capital improvement projects and consolidations with other systems may qualify for:

-- Investigations to determine the cause of the system technical issues;

-- Feasibility studies to determine the most feasible and cost-effective solution to addressing system technical problems;

-- Design work related to public water system facilities;

-- Construction and operational permit applications;

-- Preparation of funding applications for public water system construction projects; and,

-- Construction bid preparation and construction contractor procurement assistance.

A commitment to address system weaknesses, commitment to follow through with the project, and willingness to budget resources to sustain the designed project after construction are critical to qualify for the Professional Engineering Services Program.

Click Here to download a brochure describing the program.

For more information, visit DEP’s Professional Engineering Services Program webpage or contact the local Capability Enhancement Facilitator in your Regional DEP Office:

-- Northwest and Southwest DEP regions, Dan Mikesic 814-472-1923 or dmikesic@pa.gov  

-- Northcentral and Northeast DEP regions, Woody Cole 570-826-2293 or wocole@pa.gov; and

-- Southcentral and Southeast DEP regions, Mark Billus 705-4956 or mbillus@pa.gov.