Grant: Drinking Water State Revolving Fund

Amount: $2 billion included for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund
Type: Funding provided to states is used to makes loans to communities, individuals, and others for high-priority water-quality activities
Administrator: state departments of public health or environmental protection
Provisions: Directs priority funding to projects on State priority lists that are ready to proceed to construction within 12 months of enactment
Purpose: To provide relief to communities by requiring a greater Federal share for local clean and drinking water projects and greater flexibility for States to reach communities that would otherwise not have the resources to repay a loan with interest.
Activities: Loans can be used for the installation and replacement of failing treatment facilities, eligible storage facilities and transmission and distribution systems
Website: http://www.epa.gov/owm/cwfinance/cwsrf/