Formula Grant 33000122

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services a $13.875 million Formula Grant under the Clean Water State Revolving Fund program (CFDA #66.458). The grant capitalizes New Hampshire's Clean Water State Revolving Fund to provide low-interest financing to subrecipients for water quality improvement and protection projects from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2029.

Eligible subrecipients can use financing for planning, designing, and constructing wastewater infrastructure projects. Funding can also support technical assistance to wastewater systems and goals such as asset management, cybersecurity, emergency preparedness, energy efficiency audits and implementation, resiliency, vulnerability assessments, and planning. The grant makes available grants to eligible entities for asset management, energy efficiency audits and implementation, and vulnerability assessments. Overall, the grant establishes and manages an effective Clean Water State Revolving Fund program to improve public health through water quality and sustainability of New Hampshire's revolving fund.

One identified sub-awardee is the Town of Hampton, which will use $TBD in financing to replace aging mechanical equipment and building systems at its wastewater treatment plant, and add an automated septage receiving process.