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Water: Drinking Water State Revolving Fund

Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF)

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)

EPA's Drinking Water State Revolving Fund has allocated grant funding for fiscal year 2010 and has allocated grant funding as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). For general and government-wide ARRA information, please visit EPA's Recovery site or RECOVERY.gov

The Nation's water systems must make significant investments to install, upgrade, or replace infrastructure to continue to ensure the provision of safe drinking water to their 240 million customers. Installation of new treatment facilities can improve the quality of drinking water and better protect public health. Improvements are also needed to help those water systems experiencing a threat of contamination due to aging infrastructure systems.

The Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended in 1996, established the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) to make funds available to drinking water systems to finance infrastructure improvements. The program also emphasizes providing funds to small and disadvantaged communities and to programs that encourage pollution prevention as a tool for ensuring safe drinking water.

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Fact Sheets & Reports

Awards

  • 2007 DWSRF Awards for Sustainable Public Health Protection
  • 2006 DWSRF Awards for Sustainable Public Health Protection

Reports

  • Drinking Water State Revolving Fund:
    Investing in a Sustainable Future
    2007 Annual Report
    EPA 816-R-08-002, March 2008
  • Drinking Water State Revolving Fund:
    Increasing Impact
    2006 Annual Report
    EPA 816-R-07-002, June 2007
  • Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Program:
    Delivering Sustainable Public Health Protection for America - 2005 Annual Report
    EPA 816-R-06-003
  • Drinking Water State Revolving Fund:
    Increasing Impact
    2006 Annual Report
    EPA 816-R-07-002, June 2007
  • Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Program:
    Delivering Sustainable Public Health Protection for America
    2005 Annual Report
    EPA 816-R-06-003
  • The Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Program:
    Financing America's Drinking Water from the Source to the Tap - A Report to Congress
    EPA 918-R-03-009, May 2003
  • Financing America's Drinking Water - A Report of Progress
    EPA 816-R-00-023, November 2000
  • Clean Water and Drinking Water Infrastructure Gap Analysis Report
    EPA 816-R-02-020, September 2002
  • Implementation of Transfers in the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Programs: Report to Congress
    EPA 816-R-00-021, October 2000
  • Handbook on Coordinating Funding for Water and Wastewater Infrastructure:
    A Compilation of State Approaches
    EPA-816-R-03-018, October 2003
  • Case Studies in DWSRF Implementation
    This reports present a series of reviews on how states are implementing their DWSRF programs(public participation, assessing capacity, disadvantaged programs).
  • SRF Fund Management Handbook PDF (79pp, 792K)
    EPA 832-B-01-003

  • DWSRF State Priority System Compendium
    (February, 1999)

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Related Resources

Financing Alternatives Comparison Tool (FACT) - A financial analysis tool that helps identify the most cost effective method to fund a wastewater or drinking water management project. This tool produces a comprehensive analysis that compares various financing options for these projects by incorporating financing, regulatory, and other important costs.

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