EPA announces additional $1.9B in water SRFs

May 16, 2022
The size of SRF investments in 2022 represent a six-fold increase for drinking water SRFs and a near doubling for clean water SRFs.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced $1.9 billion in grant funding to the State Revolving Funds (SRF) to accelerate progress on water infrastructure projects.

“Our nation’s water infrastructure is in significant need of upgrades to support communities that rely on it day-in and day-out,” said EPA Assistant Administrator for Water, Radhika Fox, in a press release. “With this funding provided through annual appropriations, coupled with investments under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, EPA is providing $9.6 billion in the SRFs to deliver the benefits of water infrastructure investments to more communities — especially those that have long been overburdened by water challenges.”

Clean Water SRFs

For 2022, EPA is providing approximately $3.2 billion to the Clean Water SRFs, including $1.2 billion in new base federal grant funding announced and $2 billion through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

This total investment represents a near doubling of annual investment in the Clean Water SRF to support a wide range of water infrastructure projects, including modernizing aging wastewater infrastructure, implementing water reuse and recycling, and addressing stormwater.

More than $47 million in direct grant funding is available to Tribes, certain U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia for infrastructure projects.

Drinking Water SRFs

EPA is also providing $6.4 billion to the Drinking Water SRFs, including $728 million in new base federal grant funding announced and $5.7 billion through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

This total investment represents a six-fold increase in annual investment to help drinking water systems remove lead service lines, install treatment for contaminants, and improve system resiliency to natural disasters such as floods.

More than $32 million in direct grant funding is available to Tribes, certain U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia to use for drinking water system upgrades.

"States are eager to put these annual Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds to work in conjunction with the unprecedented funding provided for the SRFs under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and some states' use of American Rescue Plan funding for water infrastructure,” said President of the Environmental Council of the States and Secretary of the Maryland Department of Environment Ben Grumbles. “These combined funds will allow states to address critical infrastructure challenges and to support projects in communities across the country bringing significant public health and environmental benefits," 

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