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

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 awarded the Texas Water Development Board a $63.5 million Formula Grant under the Clean Water State Revolving Fund program. The grant capitalizes the state's Clean Water State Revolving Fund to provide low-interest financing to numerous subrecipients for water quality improvement and protection projects through August 2026. Specifically, the funding will support $61.2 million in construction loans and principal forgiveness to subrecipients for planning, design, and construction of eligible wastewater treatment facilities, nonpoint source pollution control projects, and estuary protection activities. The Clean Water State Revolving Fund program aims to provide long-term financing for wastewater infrastructure and water quality management through state-administered revolving loan programs.

Activities:the activities are to 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:project officer note: on november 8, 2022, subawards are for the construction fund - financial assistance to recipients (bonds/loans and principal forgiveness) for $61,162,000. Loans are treated at subawards listed in the twdb CWSRF SFY 2023 intended use plan. The CWSRF is authorized by the CWA to provide financial assistance for the construction of publicly owned treatment works; the funding of nonpoint source projects; and the funding of estuary protection projects eligible project costs include planning, acquisition, design, and construction of projects to: - create or improve wastewater treatment facilities, reuse/recycle facilities, and collection systems - purchase existing wastewater treatment plants - control nonpoint source pollution, including acquisition of conservation easements and permanent or long-term acquisition of water rights by entities eligible under state law that will result in a substantial public water quality benefit - manage estuaries - implement green projects (pursuant to EPA guidance) - pay for other costs necessary to secure or issue debt - purchase land necessary for construction on an eligible project - manage, reduce, treat, or recapture stormwater or subsurface drainage water - reduce the demand for publicly owned treatment works capacity through water conservation, efficiency, or reuse (for a municipality or intermunicipal, interstate, or state agency only) - develop and implement watershed pilot projects - reduce the energy consumption needs for publicly owned treatment works (for a municipality or intermunicipal, interstate, or state agency only) - RE-use or recycle wastewater, stormwater, or subsurface drainage water - increase the security of publicly owned treatment works - water meters as a water conservation measure (to address, for example, water loss if a utility's total water loss meets or exceeds the threshold established in twdb rules.) outcomes:the benefits of this grant will be to capitalize the recipient's CWSRF. 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.