Sponsor
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Deadlines
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Purpose
The Drinking Water State Revolving Fund is a
federal-state partnership that provides funding and
technical assistance to help water systems and states
achieve the health protection objectives of the Safe
Drinking Water Act (SDWA).
Under the DWSRF, states may provide various types of
assistance, including:
- Loans
- Refinancing
- Purchasing
- Guaranteeing local debt
- Purchasing bond insurance
- Grants
- Principal forgiveness
- Negative interest rate loans
Eligible projects include:
-
Treatment – Projects to install or
upgrade facilities to improve drinking water quality to
comply with SDWA regulations -
Transmission and distribution -
Rehabilitation, replacement, or installation of pipes
to improve water pressure to safe levels or to prevent
contamination caused by leaky or broken pipes -
Source – Rehabilitation of wells or
development of eligible sources to replace contaminated
sources -
Storage – Installation or upgrade of
finished water storage tanks to prevent microbiological
contamination from entering the distribution system -
Consolidation – Interconnecting two or
more water systems -
Creation of new systems – Construct a
new system to serve homes with contaminated individual
wells or consolidate existing systems into a new
regional water system
Eligibility
Eligible borrowers are privately-owned, publicly-owned,
and nonprofit water systems, including systems utilizing
point of entry or residential central treatment.
Each state may have additional eligibility requirements.
Priority is given to projects that:
- Address the most serious risks to human health
- Are necessary to ensure compliance with the SDWA
- Assist systems most in need according to state
affordability criteria
Geographic coverage
Nationwide and U.S. Territories
Amount of funding
Amounts vary by product and need.
Tagged as
Capital funding · Environmental health · Infrastructure · Public health
For complete information about funding programs, including your
application status, please contact funders directly. Summaries are provided
for your convenience only. RHIhub does not take part in application processes
or monitor application status.