The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced the availability of $2.7 billion for State Revolving Funds that assists states, tribes and territories with infrastructure projects that help protect surface water and provide safe drinking water to communities across the country.
"EPA's decades-long commitment to water infrastructure has helped provide $180 billion in project financing to over 41,000 water quality infrastructure projects and 15,000 drinking water projects across the country," said EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler. "In the past three years, the Trump Administration has accelerated EPA's investment in infrastructure projects that modernize our nation's water infrastructure and improve public health and the environment."
Over the last three years, the EPA Region 7 states have been allocated approximately $150 million per year for their Drinking Water and Clean Water SRF loan programs. The 2020 annual allocation for the four EPA Region 7 states:
- Iowa - $38.95 million
- Kansas - $27.13 million
- Missouri - $63.46 million
- Nebraska - $19.12 million
The allocation to the SRF program includes over a third of the dollars provided to EPA by Congress and over 50% of the EPA Region 7 budget. The SRF programs fund a wide range of water infrastructure projects, including drinking water treatment and distribution systems, wastewater treatment and collection systems, and a variety of other projects related to preserving water quality, pursuant to the Clean Water Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act.
