1 Jul 2009 - The DWSRF program is pleased to announce the availability of a new grant to fund the engineering planning and design services for small drinking water systems. Click here for details.
Many Oklahoma water systems are looking for affordable financing
options in order to construct needed drinking water system improvements
necessary to comply with the Safe Drinking Water Act. Until 1997,
the state did not have a lower than market rate loan program to
assist water systems. The 1996 Amendments to the Safe Drinking Water
Act (SDWA) allowed EPA to make a grant to Oklahoma to fund a Drinking
Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF). The primary purpose of the program
is to provide low interest loans and other financial assistance
to municipalities and rural water districts for the construction
of public water supply projects. The Department of Environmental
Quality (DEQ) administers the DWSRF and the Oklahoma Water Resources
Board (OWRB) assists with the financing requirements of the program.
Systems eligible for loan money include towns and municipalities
with proper legal authority and rural water districts established
under Title 82 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Private water corporations
(for profit) or non-profit water corporations are not eligible for
loan money.
The categories of drinking water projects eligible for assistance
are:
- Treatment system
- Distribution/storage system rehabilitation
- New transmission/distribution systems
- New intake/raw water lines
- New storage
- Wells
Costs associated with the planning, design and building of the
eligible categories of drinking water projects are considered allowable.
Eligible construction costs will be based on the lowest responsible
bidder. Project-related costs associated with the acquisition of
land are eligible only if needed for the purposes of locating eligible
project components. The land must be acquired from a willing seller.
Program Requirements are:
- Projects must be listed on the DWSRF Project Priority List
(PPL) and current Intended Use Plan (IUP) maintained by the DEQ;
- Engineering report as required by the DEQ, including a cost-effective
analysis;
- Sufficient economic and environmental information for the DEQ
to issue an environmental decision regarding project impacts;
- Public participation/public hearing with public notice;
- Project will be required to comply with federal SDWA requirements
and federal cross-cutting laws and authorities.
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For questions about DWSRF, please contact Patty Thompson.
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Capacity Development Report to EPA 2009
29 Sep 2009
Capacity Development Strategy
7 Jul 2009
Draft FY2010 DWSRF Intended Use Plan
16 Jun 2009
FY2009 DWSRF Intended Use Plan - Amendment No. 1
9 Jun 2009
FY2009 DWSRF Intended Use Plan
18 Jul 2008
DWSRF Fact Sheet
Funding Agency Coordinating Team
(FACT) Forms
FY2008 DWSRF Intended Use Plan
DWSRF Forms 
ARRA Forms |
