The purpose of this agreement is for a capitalization grant which provides funds for the virginia department of environmental quality clean water state revolving fund (CWSRF) program to assist…

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 3 awarded a $9.307 million capitalization grant under the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) program (CFDA 66.458) to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2032. This grant provides financing mechanisms to support wastewater treatment facilities impacted by Hurricanes Helene and Milton and the 2023 Hawai'i wildfires. The funds enable the state to establish long-term, low-interest financing for eligible projects under Section 603(c) of the Clean Water Act, with priority given to initiatives that reduce flood or fire damage risk, enhance resilience to natural disasters, and improve rapid hydrologic response capabilities at wastewater treatment works across Virginia.

The grant capitalizes Virginia's CWSRF to finance subrecipient projects through the state revolving loan fund structure. A subaward to the Town of Chilhowie supports emergency sanitary sewer repairs, representing one component of the broader state infrastructure recovery effort. Through this program, federal capitalization grant funds are deployed as loans and subawards to municipalities and local government entities, creating a self-sustaining financing mechanism whereby loan repayments generate continued funding availability for future water quality infrastructure projects. The grant delivers statewide public health benefits by supporting the rebuilding of resilient wastewater treatment infrastructure following natural disaster damage.

The purpose of this agreement is for a capitalization grant which provides funds for the virginia department of environmental quality clean water state revolving fund (CWSRF) program to assist wastewater treatment works impacted by hurricanes helene and milton and the maui wildfires. Activities:the activities are to provide financing to numerous subrecipients for costs eligible under section 603(C) of the clean water act. Projects must help to reduce a wastewater treatment work's flood or fire damage risk and vulnerability and/or to enhance resiliency to rapid hydrologic change or natural disasters. Subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the benefits of this grant will be to capitalize the recipient's CWSRF. The funds will assist in rebuilding more resilient wastewater treatment works following the damage from hurricane helene, hurricane milton, or the 2023 hawai'i wildfires. These public health benefits will be statewide.