This grant agreement provides funding under the infrastructure investment and jobs act (IIJA) (commonly referred to as the bipartisan infrastructure law (BIL)

This $8,423,000 formula grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CFDA 66.458) program provides capitalization funding to the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (Pennvest) to support its Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) program. The primary purpose of the grant is to address emerging contaminants in water quality, such as compounds from personal care products, pharmaceuticals, industrial chemicals, pesticides, and microplastics. Pennvest will use the funds to offer low-interest financing to numerous subrecipients across Pennsylvania for eligible water infrastructure projects focused on emerging contaminant remediation, with the goal of establishing and maintaining an effective, self-sustaining CWSRF program to improve and protect water quality and public health statewide. This five-year grant runs from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2030.

The purpose of the project is for a capitalization grant which provides funds for the recipient's clean water state revolving fund (CWSRF) program with a primary purpose to address emerging contaminants. Emerging contaminants refer to substances and microorganisms, including manufactured or naturally occurring physical, chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear materials, which are known or anticipated in the environment, that may pose newly identified or RE-emerging risks to human health, aquatic life, or the environment. These substances, microorganisms or materials can include many different types of natural or manufactured chemicals and substances - such as those in some compounds of personal care products, pharmaceuticals, industrial chemicals, pesticides, and microplastics. Activities:the activity to be performed under the grant agreement is to provide low interest financing to numerous subrecipients for costs eligible under section 603(C) of the clean water act and the primary purpose must be to address emerging contaminants. Subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the benefit of this grant will be to capitalize the recipient's CWSRF with a primary focus on emerging contaminants. 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.