This agreement provides a capitalization grant, funded by the infrastructure investment and jobs act (IIJA) (PL 117-58), for the recipient's drinking water state revolving fund (dwsrf) program

Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 awarded the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality $29.865 million on June 5, 2026, under the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (CFDA 66.468), a capitalization grant funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

The award funds low-interest financing to eligible public water systems for planning, design, and construction of drinking water improvement projects. The recipient may also deploy setasides for technical assistance to small systems, operator certification activities, and source water protection activities. The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality capitalizes the state drinking water SRF program, which then issues subawards and loans to public water systems and communities across North Dakota for eligible infrastructure improvements.

Anticipated deliverables include financing, planning, design, and construction of public health-related drinking water projects, with expected outcomes centered on increasing the technical, managerial, and financial capacity of public water systems and protecting public health for citizens throughout North Dakota.

Period of performance runs from June 5, 2026, through May 31, 2033. Place of performance is North Dakota. The assistance type is a formula grant.

The award furthers the public health protection objectives of the safe drinking water act (sdwa).activities:the recipient of these funds will provide low interest rate financing to eligible public water systems for the costs associated with the planning, design, and construction of eligible drinking water improvement projects. The recipient may also use some of the funding for specific setasides, including but not limited to providing technical assistance to small systems, for operator certification activities, and source water protection activities. Subrecipient:this grant agreement capitalizes the state SRF program, allowing the state SRF program to make loans (subawards) to communities for infrastructure improvements.outcomes:the anticipated deliverables include financing, planning, design, and construction of eligible public health-related projects. Deliverables will also be used to increase the technical, managerial, and financial capacity of public water systems. The expected outcome is public health protection. The intended beneficiaries include citizens throughout the state.