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Protection Plans Earn Insurance Discounts In the Main - A technical assistance newsletter for Public Water Suppliers
Winter 2008
By Kathy Romero
Municipalities that are members of the Massachusetts Interlocal Insurance Association (MIIA) can earn a 1% discount on general liability insurance premiums for developing a MassDEP-approved surface water supply or wellhead protection plan. MIIA is a nonprofit corporation that was created by the Massachusetts Municipal Association in 1982. A discount earned between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008 will be applied to the July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009 insurance premium. This opportunity can be combined with other elements of MIIA's Rewards Program to earn a higher discount. MIIA will reevaluate this program for inclusion into the Rewards Program in subsequent years.
Besides being a proactive planning and educational tool, developing a protection plan for your system has many other benefits. For example, eligible surface water systems can earn up to 0.5 log credit toward disinfection requirements and systems may earn extra points on grant and loan applications.
MassDEP's guidance documents for developing protection plans are located at http://www.mass.gov/dep/water/drinking/surfprot.doc and http://www.mass.gov/dep/water/drinking/whplan.doc. Contact MassDEP's Kathy Romero at 617-292-5727 or kathleen.romero@state.ma.us for assistance. For more information on MIIA's Rewards Program, go to http://www.emiia.org/services/rewards.html#cinco.
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