Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF)
The Drinking Water State Revolving Fund is a federal-state partnership that provides funding and technical assistance to help water systems and states achieve the health protection objectives of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA).
Under the DWSRF, states may provide various types of assistance, including:
- Loans
- Refinancing
- Purchasing
- Guaranteeing local debt
- Purchasing bond insurance
- Grants
- Principal forgiveness
- Negative interest rate loans
Eligible projects include, but are not limited to:
- Planning, design, and/or construction of new treatment facilities or upgrades/refurbishment
- Finished water storage facilities
- Transmission and distribution systems including the replacement of public and private lead service lines
- Source water development
- Water system consolidation
- Creation of new water systems
Eligible borrowers are privately owned, publicly owned, and nonprofit water systems, including systems utilizing point-of-entry or residential central treatment.
Each state may have additional eligibility requirements. Priority is given to projects that:
- Address the most serious risks to human health
- Are necessary to ensure compliance with the SDWA
- Assist systems most in need according to state affordability criteria
Amounts vary by product and need.
Begin the process by contacting the appropriate State-level DWSRF representative(s) to discuss the project.
For complete information about funding programs, including your
application status, please contact funders directly. Summaries are provided
for your convenience only. RHIhub does not take part in application processes
or monitor application status.