This agreement funds a capitalization grant, funded by the infrastructure investment and jobs act (IIJA) (PL 117-58), for the recipient's clean water state revolving fund program

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 awarded the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection a capitalization grant of $36.2 million under the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) program (CFDA 66.458), effective October 1, 2025, through September 1, 2031. Funded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58), this award establishes a long-term financing mechanism that provides low-interest loans and grant subsidies to municipalities and utilities throughout Connecticut for planning, design, and construction of water quality improvement and protection projects. The primary deliverable is the deployment of funds as revolving loans to subrecipients, enabling self-sustaining financing mechanisms whereby loan repayments generate continued funding availability for future water infrastructure initiatives.

Connecticut's CWSRF program utilizes the capitalization grant to finance eligible water quality projects, including wastewater treatment facility upgrades, stormwater management systems, and emerging contaminant remediation. A representative subrecipient, the City of Norwich Department of Public Utilities, received subaward funding in April 2026 to expand and upgrade its existing Water Pollution Control Facility. The program's anticipated outcomes include improved water quality and enhanced public health protection for Connecticut citizens through strategic infrastructure investments that address critical water resource management needs across the state.

Activities:the recipients of these funds provide low interest financing to numerous subrecipients. Subrecipient:the CT cwsrf provides additional subsidy as a grant. Grant activities include financing planning, design, and construction of eligible water quality improvement and protection projects. Outcomes:anticipated deliverables include financing planning, design, and construction of eligible water quality improvement and protection projects. The expected outcomes are to improve and protect water quality and public health. The intended beneficiaries include citizens throughout the state.