This action approves an award in the amount of $9,404,000 to the south carolina department of environmental services (scdes)

Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded $9,404,000 to the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services on April 1, 2026, under the Clean Water State Revolving Fund program (CFDA 66.458) to capitalize the state's Clean Water State Revolving Fund for hurricane recovery financing.

SCDES will provide loans and subawards totaling $9,404,000 to subrecipients for eligible costs under Section 603(c) of the Clean Water Act. Funded projects must improve resilience of decentralized wastewater treatment systems to flooding, assess the potential to connect homes served by decentralized systems to centralized wastewater systems, and finance such connections. The work addresses damage from Hurricanes Helene and Milton, delivering statewide public health benefits through more resilient decentralized wastewater treatment infrastructure.

The award obligates $9,404,000, with a period of performance from April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2033. Place of performance is South Carolina.

The purpose of this agreement is for a capitalization grant which provides funds for the state of south carolina clean water state revolving fund (cwsrf) program to assist decentralized wastewater systems impacted by hurricanes helene and milton.activities:the activities are to provide financing to numerous subrecipients for costs eligible under section 603(c) of the clean water act. Projects must help to improve resilience of decentralized wastewater treatment systems to flooding, to assess the potential to connect homes served by decentralized wastewater systems to centralized wastewater systems, and to fund such connections. The activities are to provide financing to numerous subrecipients for costs eligible under section 603(c) of the clean water act. Projects must help to improve resilience of decentralized wastewater treatment systems to flooding, to assess the potential to connect homes served by decentralized wastewater systems to centralized wastewater systems, and to fund such connections.subrecipient:loans and/or subawards in the amount of $9,404,000 to be determine by the state of south carolina once projects are finalized.outcomes:the benefits of this grant will be to capitalize the recipient's cwsrf. The funds will assist in rebuilding more resilient decentralized wastewater treatment systems following the damage from hurricane helene and hurricane milton. These public health benefits will be statewide.