Funding
for Domestic Wastewater Projects
DEP helps to fund domestic
wastewater projects through the State Revolving Loan Fund, the State Financially
Disadvantaged Small Community Grant, and the State Bond Loan programs.
The State Revolving Loan Fund is administered by the Department of
Environmental Protection through the Bureau of Water
Facilities Funding. It makes low-interest loans available for construction,
rehabilitation, and replacement of facilities needed to collect, treat, dispose of, or
reuse municipal wastewater. It is a revolving fund because loan repayments are used to
make additional loans. Over the past 10 years, domestic wastewater treatment facilities
received over 0.9 billion dollars through the state revolving loan fund. Many domestic
wastewater projects throughout the state received a significant portion of these monies.
The State Financially Disadvantaged Small Community Grant
program is administered by the DEP through the Bureau of Water Facilities Funding. It
makes available 65 to 85 percent grants for wastewater improvements to communities of 7,500
population or less in which the per capita income is below the state average per capita
income. First grants were offered around July 2000.
The State Bond Loan program is jointly administered by the
DEP and the Division of Bond Finance of the State Board of Administration. Cities,
counties, districts, authorities, and other local agencies are eligible for receipt of
this loan. This fund can be used for the construction of domestic wastewater facilities.
For more information on funding projects visit
Water Facilities Funding.
