Clean Water State Revolving Fund

To create State Revolving Funds (SRFs) through a program of capitalization grants to States which will provide a long-term source of State financing for construction of wastewater treatment facilities and implementation of other water quality management activities. Capitalization grants are available to each State for the purpose of establishing a Clean Water SRF for providing assistance for: (1) construction of publicly owned wastewater treatment works; (2) implementation of nonpoint source management activities included in State Plans developed pursuant to Section 319; (3) development and implementation a National Estuary Program comprehensive conservation and management plan under Section 320; (4) the construction, repair, or replacement of decentralized wastewater treatment systems that treat municipal wastewater or domestic sewage; (5) measures to manage, reduce, treat or recapture stormwater or subsurface drainage water; (6) any municipality or intermunicipal, interstate, or State agency for measures to reduce the demand for publicly owned treatment works capacity through water conservation, efficiency or reuse; (7) the development and implementation of watershed projects meeting the criteria set forth in section 122; (8) any municipality or intermunicipal, interstate, or State agency for measures to reduce the energy consumption needs for publicly owned treatment works; (9) reusing or recycling wastewater, stormwater, or subsurface drainage water; (10) measures to increase the security of publicly owned treatment works; (11) any qualified nonprofit entity, as...

States and Puerto Rico are eligible to receive capitalization grants under Title VI. Indian tribes are eligible to receive grants from Title VI for the construction of municipal wastewater facilities. The District of Columbia, territories, possessions of the U.S. are eligible to receive grants from Title VI for the construction of municipal wastewater facilities (see Assistance Listing 66.418). Division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, Public Law 117-328 also includes $665.2 million in supplemental funding for the CWSRF, available only to states or territories in 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 CWSRF supplemental funds. Two percent of the appropriated funds are reserved for direct grants or interagency agreements to benefit Tribes. The American Relief Act, 2025, P.L. 118-158, provides $1.23 billion in supplemental funds for the CWSRF available only to states or territories in EPA Regions 3, 4, and 9 for wastewater treatment works impacted by Hurricanes Helene and Milton and the Hawaii wildfires. Only the States of Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia are eligible to apply for these CWSRF supplemental funds. The American Relief Act, 2025, P.L. 118-158 also provides an additional...

Not Applicable.

Statutory Formula: Title 33, Part Section 1285, Subpart NA,Public Law NA.33 U.S.C. 1285 Allotments to the States are determined by a table of decimal fractions ("formula") in Section 205(c)(3) of the Clean Water Act (CWA).Under the CWSRF base appropriations the required State match is 20% of the amount of the capitalization made to the State. Under the FY25IIJA general supplemental capitalization grant appropriations, the required State match is 20% of the amount of the capitalization grant made to the State. Under the IIJA Emerging Contaminant supplemental capitalization grant, match is waived. The match is also waived for the supplemental appropriation under the 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act.MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Fiscal Year2025: State revolving loan fund; wastewater projects involving advanced treatment, secondary treatment, infiltration/inflow correction, replacement/upgrade of pipe and equipment and expansion of existing wastewater treatment plants; nonpoint source and estuary protection projects (for example, septic system rehabilitation, leaking underground storage tank removal, contaminated soil removal, agricultural BMPs, conservation easements, wetlands protection/rehabilitation, and prevention of agricultural runoff); stormwater management; decentralized wastewater treatment; water reuse. For projects funded under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), Public Law 117-58, some project examples include wastewater treatment plant upgrades to address PFAS and other emerging contaminants. For projects funded via the disaster supplementals appropriated in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, Public Law 117-328 and American Relief Act, 2025, P.L. 118-158, some project examples include upgrade of a treatment facility; and projects to reduce flood or fire damage risk and vulnerability at eligible facilities under section 212 of the Clean Water Act. Project examples for...