This agreement provides funding in the amount of $22,195,000 to mississippi department of environmental quality

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 awarded $22.195 million to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality on October 1, 2025, under the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) program (CFDA 66.458), with a completion date of September 30, 2032. This capitalization grant, funded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), establishes a revolving loan fund that provides low-interest financing to multiple subrecipients for planning, design, and construction of eligible water quality improvement and protection projects. The grant enables MDEQ to deliver comprehensive water infrastructure financing while supporting related activities including technical assistance to small systems, operator certification programs, and source water protection initiatives.

Direct deliverables under this award include financing for wastewater treatment facility upgrades and related infrastructure improvements throughout Mississippi. One identified sub-award, executed September 30, 2025, supported the Desoto County Regional Utility Authority's construction of the Johnson Creek Wastewater Treatment Facility upgrades, expanding treatment capacity from 2 million gallons per day to 16 million gallons per day, along with associated solids handling facility construction. The anticipated outcomes are improved and protected water quality and enhanced public health for Mississippi citizens, with benefits distributed across the state through the network of subrecipient utilities and local entities participating in the state revolving fund.

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This agreement provides funding in the amount of $22,195,000 to mississippi department of environmental quality. The purpose of this project is to provide a capitalization grants, funded by the infrastructure investment and jobs act (IIJA) for the recipient's clean water state revolving fund program. Activities include providing low interest financing to numerous subrecipients. Anticipated deliverables include financing planning, design, and construction of eligible water quality improvement and protection projects. Expected outcomes are to improve and protect water quality and public health. Direct beneficiaries include citizens throughout the state.activities:-subrecipient:the recipient may also use some of the funding for specific set-asides, including but not limited to providing technical assistance to small systems, for operator certification activities, and source water protection activities.outcomes:-