This agreement funds a capitalization grant for the recipient's clean water state revolving fund program

EPA Region 6 awarded the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality $20.929 million on October 1, 2025, under the Clean Water State Revolving Fund program (CFDA 66.458) to capitalize the state's CWSRF and provide low-interest financing to municipalities for water quality improvement and protection projects.

The recipient will issue loans to municipalities through the state revolving fund for planning, design, and construction of eligible water infrastructure projects. These loans, issued to sub-recipients as subawards, finance direct infrastructure improvements. The award funds the establishment and management of a self-sustaining revolving fund intended to improve and protect water quality and public health for citizens throughout Louisiana.

The period of performance runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. Place of performance is Louisiana.

St. John the Baptist Parish Council received a sub-award on May 29, 2026, for lift station rehabilitation and inflow/infiltration reduction, reserve wastewater treatment plant pond expansion, and decommissioning of the Woodland WWTP.

Activities:the recipients of these funds provide low interest financing to numerous subrecipients for costs associated with the planning, design, and construction of eligible water quality improvement and protection projects.subrecipient:loans will be provided to municipalities through the state revolving fund programs to fund direct infrastructure projects. For the state revolving fund programs, loans issued to municipalities are considered subawards. However, the grantee will issue these as loans and not grants.outcomes:the benefits of this grant will be to capitalize the recipient's cwsrf. 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 by establishing and managing an effective comprehensive cwsrf program and to maintain a self-sustaining revolving fund. The intended beneficiaries include citizens throughout the state of louisiana.