Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) Planning

Who can apply

NonprofitPublic AgencyTribal Government

Individual applicant may be eligible under Safe & Affordable Funding for Equity and Resilience funding.

Purpose

The Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWRSF) program assists public water systems in financing the cost of drinking water infrastructure projects needed to achieve or maintain compliance with Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) requirements and support to human right to water.

Description

The Division of Financial Assistant (DFA), State Water Board manages the DWSRF program and prioritizes financing for projects that address the most serious human health risks, are necessary to comply with SDWA, and assist public water systems (PWS) most in need on per household basis. Periodically funding programs that help provide clean and safe water are used in combination with the DWSRF program. Eligible small community water systems (SCWS) serving a small disadvantage community (DAC) and small severely disadvantage communities (SDAC), eligible non-transient non-community water systems (NTNC) serving a small DAC or small SDAC, and public water systems (PWS) extending service to small DACs andsmall SDACs may receive the maximum principle forgiveness (PF)/grant of $500,000. Other public water systems may receive loan or partial loan with subsidized interest rate and maximum term for repayable of five or ten years. Planning costs may include the preparation of planning/design documents such as Feasibility studies and project reports, plans and specifications, engineering and specifications, environmental documents, capital improvement plans, etc. Other costs such as legal costs and fees, environmental review, TMF assessments, water rate studies, and test wells are also eligible for funding under planning projects. Applications for the DWSRF program and associated funding are accepted on a continuous basis. After DFA  receives a complete application, a detailed technical, environmental, legal, and financial review is conducted to determine the applicant’s eligibility for DWSRF and associated drinking water funding.

Important dates

Opened

Jun 7, 2020

Application deadline

Ongoing

Expected award announcement

continuously

Period of performance

2 years

Funding details

Total estimated available

$10,000,000.00

Estimated amount per award

Between $250,000.00 and $500,000.00

Expected number of awards

Dependant on number of submissions received, application process, etc.

Letter of intent required

No

Matching funds

Not Required

Funding source

Federal and State

Funding source notes

State bond funds (currently Prop.68), capitalization Grants from U.S.EPA, repayments of DWSRF principal and interest on past loans and investment earnings, proceeds from revenue bond sales secured by past DWSRF loan, Safe and Affordable Funding for Equity and Resilience (SAFER) Drinking Water fund

Funding method

Reimbursement(s)

Funding method notes

Advance payment is in establishment.

How to apply

Read the full guidelines on the grantor's site, then apply there. Nothing is submitted through this site.

Submission: url: https://faast.waterboards.ca.gov/

• Grant guidelines & application ↗
• State Water Resources Control Board ↗
• Grantor's own update list ↗
• Original listing on grants.ca.gov ↗

Questions about this grant: email: [email protected]; tel: 1-916-327-9978;