Section 1452 of the safe drinking water act (sdwa) authorizes the state to utilize funds to further the health protection objectives of sdwa

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $33,778,800 Formula Grant to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection under the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund program (CFDA #66.468). The grant capitalizes New Jersey's Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to provide low-interest financing for drinking water infrastructure projects that ensure safe and clean drinking water statewide.

Specifically, the bulk of funding will be used for loans and other assistance to public water systems for eligible projects such as improving drinking water treatment, repairing or replacing water distribution pipes, upgrading water sources, constructing or replacing water storage tanks, and other infrastructure critical to protecting public health. Subawards from the fund include loans to support these types of drinking water projects. The grant will also increase technical, financial, and managerial capacity at public water systems and help provide assurances of safer drinking water through infrastructure improvements across multiple projects.

This agreement will provide funds, authorized by the infrastructure investment and jobs act (IIJA) (PL 117-58), to capitalize the recipient's drinking water state revolving fund (dwsrf) to provide low interest financing for costs associated with the planning, design and construction of eligible drinking water improvement projects and activities to protect human health. As part of this agreement, the recipient ensures compliance with federal and state regulations, which are designed to protect public health.activities:the bulk of the SRF will be used for loans and other authorized assistance to public water systems for eligible projects, including improving drinking water treatment, fixing leaky or old pipes (water distribution), improving source of water supply, replacing or constructing finished water storage tanks, and other infrastructure projects needed to protect public health. The recipient may also use some of the funding for specific set-asides to provide technical assistance to small systems, program administration, state program management and other allowable uses.subrecipient:subawards include loans under the drinking water state revolving fund program.outcomes:the benefits of this grant will be to capitalize the recipient's dwsrf. The fund can then be used to increase technical, financial and managerial capacity of public water systems, and provide assurance of a cleaner and safer potable water supply by funding improvements to multiple water infrastructure projects. These public health benefits will be statewide.