The purpose of this agreement is for a capitalization grant which provides funds for the recipient & rsquoands clean water state revolving fund (CWSRF) program

This $53.9 million formula grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CFDA 66.458) program provides capitalization funding to the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust for its Clean Water State Revolving Fund program. The Trust will use the funds to provide low-interest financing to multiple subrecipients from July 2021 through June 2028 for planning, designing, and constructing eligible water quality improvement and protection projects.

Three subawards are outlined. The Town of Barnstable will receive funding for an $11,000 sewer line and pump station project handling 1.5 million gallons daily. The City of Haverhill will repair and rehabilitate its historic sewer system. Springfield Water and Sewer Commission funding will support a $2,300 sewer upgrade and flow optimization project adding redundancy between interceptor systems while achieving 3 million gallons of combined sewer overflow reduction. The funding advances statewide water quality and public health through the Trust's revolving loan program.

The activities are to provide low interest financing to numerous subrecipients for costs associated with the planning, design, and construction of their eligible water quality improvement and protection projects. The expected outcomes are to establish and manage an effective comprehensive CWSRF program and to maintain a self-sustaining revolving fund to improve and protect water quality and public health for citizens throughout the state.