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Drinking Water State Revolving Fund

Drinking Water Engineering Planning and Design Grant Fund

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:

  1. Projects must be listed on the DWSRF Project Priority List (PPL) and current Intended Use Plan (IUP) maintained by the DEQ;
  2. Engineering report as required by the DEQ, including a cost-effective analysis;
  3. Sufficient economic and environmental information for the DEQ to issue an environmental decision regarding project impacts;
  4. Public participation/public hearing with public notice;
  5. Project will be required to comply with federal SDWA requirements and federal cross-cutting laws and authorities.

For questions about DWSRF, please contact Patty Thompson.


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What's New

Capacity Development Report to EPA 2009 Adobe Acrobat 5.0 PDF Document
29 Sep 2009

Capacity Development Strategy Adobe Acrobat 5.0 PDF Document
7 Jul 2009

Draft FY2010 DWSRF Intended Use Plan Adobe Acrobat 5.0 PDF Document
16 Jun 2009

FY2009 DWSRF Intended Use Plan - Amendment No. 1 Adobe Acrobat 5.0 PDF Document
9 Jun 2009

FY2009 DWSRF Intended Use Plan Adobe Acrobat 5.0 PDF Document
18 Jul 2008

 


downloads

DWSRF Fact Sheet Adobe Acrobat 5.0 PDF Document

Funding Agency Coordinating Team (FACT) Forms

FY2008 DWSRF Intended Use Plan Adobe Acrobat 5.0 PDF Document

DWSRF Forms Winzip

ARRA Forms Winzip