Capitalization Grants for Clean Water State Revolving Funds - FY 2025
| Agency: | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
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| CFDA: | 66.458 |
| Office: | Office of Wastewater Management (OWM) |
| Multipart Grant: | No |
| Next Due: | Varies |
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| Solicitation Date: | Unknown |
| Match Required: | Yes |
| Match Type: | Unspecified |
| Actual Funds: | Unspecified |
Summary:
The purpose of this program is to promote clean and safe water by providing capitalization grants to states to establish Clean Water State Revolving Funds (CWSRFs). States will provide loans and other types of financial assistance to local communities, intermunicipal and interstate agencies, and other eligible entities under Title VI of the Clean Water Act for the construction of wastewater treatment facilities and the implementation of other water quality management activities. Division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 also includes supplemental funding available only to states or territories in Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regions 2 and 4 for treatment works impacted by hurricanes Fiona or Ian.
In general, eligible activities include:
- Construction of publicly owned water treatment works
- Implementation of nonpoint source management activities included in state plans developed pursuant to Section 319
- Development and implementation of an estuary comprehensive conservation and management plan under Section 320
- Construction, repair, or replacement of decentralized wastewater treatment systems that treat municipal wastewater or domestic sewage
- Measures to manage, reduce, treat, or recapture stormwater or subsurface drainage water
- Measures to reduce the demand for publicly owned treatment works capacity through water conservation, efficiency, or reuse for any municipality or intermunicipal, interstate, or state agency
- Development and implementation of watershed projects meeting the criteria set forth in Section 122
- Measures to reduce the energy demand for publicly owned treatment works by any municipality or intermunicipal, interstate, or state agency
- Reusing or recycling wastewater, stormwater, or subsurface drainage water
- Measures to increase the security of publicly owned treatment works
- Support to qualified nonprofit organizations to provide assistance to owners and operators of small and medium-sized publicly owned treatment works to plan, develop, and obtain financing for eligible projects under Section 603(c), including planning, design, and associated pre-construction activities and to assist such treatment works in achieving compliance with the Clean Water Act
- Support to qualified nonprofit organizations to provide assistance to eligible individuals for the repair or replacement of existing individual household decentralized wastewater treatment systems or the connection of households to available publicly owned treatment works
Funding provided through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) also makes additional capitalization awards available to each state to support projects that address emerging contaminants.
States are required to prepare and provide for public commenting on a plan identifying the intended uses of funds and how the proposed uses support program goals prior to submitting applications and intended use plans.
Program Office Notes:
The program officer confirmed the program is currently open.
Eligibility Notes:
States and the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico are eligible to receive capitalization grants. The District of Columbia, other territories of the United States, possessions of the United States, and Indian tribes are eligible to receive grants for the construction of municipal wastewater facilities.
In addition, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 includes supplemental funding available only to states or territories in Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regions 2 and 4 for treatment works impacted by hurricanes Fiona or Ian. Only the state of Florida and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico are eligible to apply for these supplemental funds.
Eligible Applicants:
Native American TribeState Government
Application Notes:
To obtain information on submitting applications and intended use plans, applicants must contact Kelly Tucker using the information provided in the Contact section.
The program officer confirmed the program is currently open.
Applications must generally be submitted online at www.ecivis.com/grants.gov.
States are required to prepare and provide for public commenting on a plan identifying the intended uses of funds and how the proposed uses support program goals prior to submitting applications and intended use plans.
Refer to the NOFA file for additional application information.
| Match Required: | Yes |
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| Match Type: | Unspecified |
| Actual Funds: | Unspecified |
Match Notes:
For Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) base appropriations, states must provide a 20 percent match.
For general supplemental capitalization grant appropriations provided through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), states must provide a 10 percent match.
Matching funds are not required for emerging contaminant funding provided through the IIJA. The match is also waived for the supplemental appropriation under the 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act.
Funding Notes:
An unspecified amount of funding is available to support formula awards through this program. Funds are available for obligation to the state during the fiscal year in which they are allotted and during the following year.
Award funding must be used to provide loans and other types of financial assistance to local communities, intermunicipal and interstate agencies, and other eligible entities under Title VI of the Clean Water Act. Division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 also includes supplemental funding available only to states or territories in Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regions 2 and 4 for treatment works impacted by hurricanes Fiona or Ian. In addition, a portion of awarded funding must be used to provide additional subsidy in the form of grants, principal forgiveness, or negative interest loans. A total of 2 percent of the appropriated funds are reserved for direct grants or interagency agreements to benefit tribes.
Administrative costs are limited to 4 percent of the award amount, $400,000 each year, or 0.2 percent per year of the current valuation of the fund.
Contacts:
Kelly Tucker
(202) 564-0608
(202) 501-2403
tucker.kelly@epa.gov
Agency Address
Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20460
Contact Notes:
Questions should be directed to Kelly Tucker.
Applications must generally be submitted online at www.ecivis.com/grants.gov.
The agency address provided is for reference purposes only.
File Notes:
The NOFA file contains detailed program information and application guidelines.
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Community DevelopmentEnvironment/Natural Resources
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