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	Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF)

DWSRF LINKS

Fact Sheets & Reports

Tribal & Territorial Programs

Program Data & Allotments

Related Programs

Contact Information

Working Groups

The Nation's water systems must make significant investments to install, upgrade, or replace infrastructure to continue to ensure the provision of safe drinking water to their 240 million customers. Installation of new treatment facilities can improve the quality of drinking water and better protect public health. Improvements are also needed to help those water systems experiencing a threat of contamination due to aging infrastructure systems.

The Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended in 1996, established the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to make funds available to drinking water systems to finance infrastructure improvements. The program also emphasizes providing funds to small and disadvantaged communities and to programs that encourage pollution prevention as a tool for ensuring safe drinking water.

2008 Allotments

Program Guidance (ALL ABOUT PDF FILES)

Regulation and Policy

DWSRF Program Rule (August, 2000)

Federal Register Notice
Fact Sheet (PDF 2 pp, 194 K)

Policy Memos DWSRF Policy Memoranda
Policy on Transfers and Cross-collateralization in the DWSRF and CWSRF programs (FR October 13, 2000)
Policy on use of DWSRF funds for creation of public water systems (FR November 3, 1998)
Policy on use of DWSRF funds for reimbursement of eligible costs (FR January 12, 1999)
Final DWSRF Guidelines (February 1997)
DWSRF Program Questions and Answers (PDF 44 pp, 183 K) (May 2001)
Guidance for Tribal Set-Aside SRF Grant Program

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Implementation Guidance

Drinking Water State Revolving Fund: Program Operations Manual - Provisional Edition PDF (78 pp, 2.6 M) EPA 816-B-06-007, October 2006
Management Manual
Examples of documentation that states must submit to receive grants (e.g., Operating Agreement, Intended Use Plan, Biennial Report).
SRF Fund Management Handbook (PDF 79 pp, 792 K)
EPA 832-B-01-003
Guide to using the Automated Clearinghouse for the DWSRF Program (PDF 31 pp, 150 K) EPA-832-B98-003, September 1998
Audit Guidance

The DWSRF Guide to Understanding Audits PDF EPA 816-K-06-007, July 2006 (42 pp, 327 K)
Audit Guide for Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Programs (PDF 98 pp, 347 K)
OMB Circular A-133 and Compliance Supplement

Cross-Cutting Federal Authorities

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Fact Sheets & Reports

Awards

2007 DWSRF Awards for Sustainable Public Health Protection

Brochure PDF (4 pp, 348K)

2006 DWSRF Awards for Sustainable Public Health Protection

Brochure PDF (8 pp, 3 M)
Map PDF (1 pp, 248 K)

Reports

Drinking Water State Revolving Fund: Investing in a Sustainable Future
2007 Annual Report
EPA 816-R-08-002, March 2008

Full Report PDF (36pp, 2M)

Drinking Water State Revolving Fund: Increasing Impact
2006 Annual Report
EPA 816-R-07-002, June 2007

Full Report PDF (44pp, 2M)

Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Program: Delivering Sustainable Public Health Protection for America - 2005 Annual Report
EPA 816-R-06-003

Full Report (PDF 32 pp, 1.8 M)

Drinking Water State Revolving Fund: Increasing Impact
2006 Annual Report
EPA 816-R-07-002, June 2007
- Full Report PDF (44pp, 2M)
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Program: Delivering Sustainable Public Health Protection for America
2005 Annual Report
EPA 816-R-06-003
- Full Report (PDF 32 pp, 1.8 M)
The Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Program: Financing America's Drinking Water from the Source to the Tap - A Report to Congress
EPA 918-R-03-009, May 2003
- Full Report (PDF 112 pp, 956 K)
- Appendices (PDF 180 pp, 2 M)
Financing America's Drinking Water - A Report of Progress
EPA 816-R-00-023, November 2000
- Full Report (PDF 20 pp, 1 M)
Clean Water and Drinking Water Infrastructure Gap Analysis Report
EPA 816-R-02-020, September 2002
- Full Report (PDF 54 pp, 2 M)
- Fact Sheet (PDF 2 pp, 105 K)
Implementation of Transfers in the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Programs: Report to Congress
EPA 816-R-00-021, October 2000
- Full Report (PDF 47 pp, 488 K)
Handbook on Coordinating Funding for Water and Wastewater Infrastructure: A Compilation of State Approaches
EPA-816-R-03-018, October 2003
- Full Handbook (PDF 78 pp, 2 M)
Case Studies in DWSRF Implementation
This reports present a series of reviews on how states are implementing their DWSRF programs(public participation, assessing capacity, disadvantaged programs).
- I. Public Participation
  EPA 816-R-00-001, April 2000
  - Main Report (PDF 24 pp, 323 K)
  - Appendix (PDF 39 pp, 3 M)
- II. Capacity Assessment
  EPA 816-R-00-004, July 2000
  - Main Report (PDF 23 pp, 264 K)
  - Appendix (PDF 47 pp, 434 K)
- III. Disadvantaged Communities
  EPA 816-R-00-005, August 2000
  - Full Report (PDF 96 pp, 500 K)
SRF Fund Management Handbook (PDF 79 pp, 792 K)
EPA 832-B-01-003
DWSRF State Priority System Compendium
(February, 1999)

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Fact Sheets

DWSRF Program Overview (PDF 2 pp, 236 K)
EPA 816-F-00-028
Public Participation in the DWSRF Program (PDF 2 pp, 298 K)
EPA 816-F-00-015
Using DWSRF Set-Aside Funds to Assist Small Water Systems (PDF 2 pp, 310 K)
EPA 816-F-00-014
Using DWSRF Set-Aside Funds for Source Water Protection (PDF 2 pp, 272 K)
EPA 816-F-00-013
Using DWSRF Set-Aside Funds for Operator Certification (PDF 2 pp, 257 K)
EPA 816-F-00-012
Using DWSRF Set-Aside Funds for Capacity Development (PDF 2 pp, 252 K)
EPA 816-F-00-011
Protecting Drinking Water with the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) Program
EPA 832-F-00-001
Funding MTBE Prevention and Remediation Projects with the CWSRF (PDF 2 pp, 367 K)
EPA 832-F-00-004
Funding Class V Injection Well Closures with the CWSRF (PDF 2 pp, 271 K)
EPA 816-F-00-074
Using the DWSRF for for Source Water Protection Loans (PDF 4 pp, 217 K)
EPA 816-F-0028
Using the DWSRF to Implement Security Measures at Public Water Systems (PDF 4 pp, 790 K)
EPA 816-F-0028
Using DWSRF Funds to Comply with the New Arsenic Rule (PDF 4 pp, 258 K)
EPA 816-F-02-004
Using DWSRF Funds to Comply with the Radionuclides Rule (PDF 4 pp, 496 K)
EPA 816-F-02-008
Using DWSRF Funds to Comply with the Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule (PDF 4 pp, 179 K)
EPA 816-F-02-007
Using DWSRF Funds to Comply with the Filter Backwash Recycling Rule (PDF 4 pp, 492 K)
EPA 816-F-02-006
Using DWSRF Funds to Comply with the Long Term 1 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (PDF 4 pp, 480 K)
EPA 816-F-02-005
Using DWSRF Funds for Transmission and Distribution Needs (PDF 4 pp, 165 K)
EPA 816-F-03-003
Funding Water Efficiency Through the State Revolving Fund Programs (PDF 8 pp, 1 M)
EPA 816-F-02-006
Implementing AWOPs through the Capacity Development and the DWSRF Programs (PDF 4 pp, 486 K)
EPA 816-F-03-019
Funding for Source Water Protection Activities (PDF 8 pp, 177 K)
EPA 816-K-03-004
SRF's UP: A Newsletter for the DWSRF and CWSRF Programs
- Summer 2002 (PDF 12 pp, 211 K)
  EPA 832-N-02-002
- Fall 2001 (PDF 12 pp, 236 K)
  EPA 832-N-02-001
- Spring 2000 (PDF 116 pp, 516 K)
  EPA 832-N-00-001
- Fall 1999 (PDF 12 pp, 455 K)
  EPA 832-N-99-002
- Summer 1999 (PDF 12 pp, 389 K)
  EPA 832-N-99-001
SRF State Activity Updates
- Accelerated Loan Commitment in California & Oregon (PDF 1 p, 101 K)
  EPA 816-N-00-003e
- Michigan's Short-term Investment Structure (PDF 1 p, 101 K)
  EPA 816-N-00-003d
- New York's Short-term Investment Structure (PDF 1 p, 101 K)
  EPA 816-N-00-003b
- New Jersey's Cross-Collateralization Structure (PDF 1 p, 101 K)
  EPA 816-N-00-003a

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Tribal and Territorial Programs

Program Data

State Grant Allotments
DWSRF National Information Management System (DWNIMS): reports with financial and programmatic data on the DWSRF program for state fiscal years 1997-2007

Related Programs

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Contact Information

State DWSRF Contacts (PDF 5 pp, 190 K)
State DWSRF Programs On-Line (through Local Drinking Water Info)
U.S. EPA - DWSRF Regional Contact Information (PDF 1 p, 101 K)

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Work Groups

National Drinking Water Advisory Council Working Group (1997)

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