The purpose of this agreement is for a capitalization grant which provides funds for the recipient's clean water state revolving fund (CWSRF) program with a primary purpose to address emerging…

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded the State of Washington's Department of Ecology a $5,324,000 Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CFDA 66.458) formula grant, effective January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2025. The purpose of this grant is to capitalize the state's CWSRF program with a primary focus on addressing emerging contaminants in water. The funds will provide low-interest financing to numerous eligible subrecipients for costs associated with planning, designing, and constructing water infrastructure projects that improve and protect water quality and public health throughout the state.

As a sub-award under this grant, the City of Seattle's Seattle Public Utilities received $388,000 to install 43 bioretention cells in the Thornton Creek basin. This project aims to improve water quality by treating total suspended solids, oil, dissolved metals, and total phosphorus, potentially reducing other contaminants as well, while also increasing stormwater infiltration.

The purpose of this agreement is for a capitalization grant which provides funds for the recipient's clean water state revolving fund (CWSRF) program with a primary purpose to address emerging contaminants. Emerging contaminants refer to substances and microorganisms, including manufactured or naturally occurring physical, chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear materials, which are known or anticipated in the environment, that may pose newly identified or RE-emerging risks to human health, aquatic life, or the environment. These substances, microorganisms or materials can include many different types of natural or manufactured chemicals and substances - such as those in some compounds of personal care products, pharmaceuticals, industrial chemicals, pesticides, and microplastics.activities:the activities are to provide low interest financing to numerous subrecipients for costs eligible under section 603(C) of the clean water act and the primary purpose must be to address emerging contaminants.subrecipient:clean water SRF loans to eligible SRF recipients.outcomes:the benefits of this grant will be to capitalize the recipient's CWSRF with a primary focus on emerging contaminants. The expected outcomes are to establish and manage an effective comprehensive CWSRF program and to maintain a self-sustaining revolving fund to improve and protect water quality and public health for citizens throughout the state.