This agreement provides funding to oregon health authority (OHA)

This $8,913,600 Formula Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (CFDA 66.468) will capitalize the Oregon Health Authority's (OHA) Drinking Water State Revolving Fund. The OHA will use the funds to provide low-interest financing for planning, design, and construction of eligible drinking water infrastructure projects that protect public health. Activities include improving drinking water treatment, distribution systems, water supply sources, and finished water storage to ensure safe and adequate potable water supplies statewide.

Additionally, the grant provides funding for OHA subrecipients such as the City of Boardman and Medford Water Commission to conduct source water assessments, develop spill response plans, and acquire equipment for hazardous materials spill response training. These activities further the program's objectives of improving drinking water quality and safeguarding public health.

Section 1452 of the safe drinking water act (SDWA) authorizes the state to utilize funds to further the health protection objectives of SDWA. This agreement will provide funds to capitalize the recipient's drinking water state revolving fund (DWSRF) to provide low interest financing for costs associated with the planning, design and construction of eligible drinking water improvement projects and activities to protect human health. As part of this agreement, the recipient ensures compliance with federal and state regulations, which are designed to protect public health.activities:the DWSRF will be used for loans and other authorized assistance to public water systems for eligible projects, including improving drinking water treatment, water distribution, improving source of water supply, replacing or constructing finished water storage tanks, and other infrastructure projects needed to protect public health. The recipient may also use some of the funding for specific 'set-asides' to provide technical assistance to small systems, program administration, state program management and other allowable uses.subrecipient:subrecipient activities include wellhead protection and source water protection for facility planning projects designed to ensure safe and adequate supplies of drinking water.outcomes:the benefits of this grant will be to capitalize the recipient's DWSRF. The fund can then be used to increase technical, financial and managerial capacity of public water systems, and provide assurance of a cleaner and safer potable water supply by funding improvements to multiple water infrastructure projects. These public health benefits will be statewide.