Federal Grant Award Summary

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 awarded the State of Idaho Department of Environmental Quality a capitalization grant of $29.88 million on July 1, 2025, under the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund program (CFDA 66.468). Funded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, this award provides low-interest rate financing to eligible public water systems for planning, design, and construction of drinking water infrastructure improvements. The recipient may also allocate portions of the grant to set-aside activities, including technical assistance to small water systems, operator certification, and source water protection initiatives. The grant supports the public health protection objectives of the Safe Drinking Water Act and is expected to increase the technical, managerial, and financial capacity of participating public water systems throughout Idaho, with a completion date of June 30, 2030.

Sub-grantees receiving awards under this capitalization grant include the City of Shelley (lead service line and galvanized service line replacement), Twenty Mile Creek Water Association (treatment plant improvements and water line replacement), Strawberry-Mink Creek Water Association, Inc. (spring area redevelopment and transmission line work), Bailey Creek Community Association, Inc. (booster pump station upgrades and SCADA system installation), and Birch Creek Culinary Water Company, Inc. (transmission system improvements and storage tank enhancements). These sub-awards, distributed between September 2025 and April 2026, demonstrate the fund's deployment toward critical drinking water infrastructure improvements benefiting public water systems across Idaho.