This agreement provides funding to the agriculture department of agriculture's natural resources division

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $7,094,400 Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (CFDA 66.468) Formula Grant to the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission (ANRC). This funding will capitalize ANRC's Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to provide low-interest financing for costs associated with the planning, design, and construction of eligible drinking water infrastructure projects across Arkansas.

The grants will enable ANRC to issue loans to public water systems for activities such as improving drinking water treatment, distribution systems, water sources, and finished water storage. The Commission may also use a portion of the funds for technical assistance to small systems, program administration, and other allowable uses under the DWSRF program. This grant will help increase the technical, financial, and managerial capacity of public water systems in Arkansas, ultimately providing health benefits through a cleaner and safer potable water supply statewide.

Section 1452 of the safe drinking water act (sdwa) authorizes the state to utilize funds to further the health protection objectives of sdwa. This agreement will provide funds 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 drinking water state revolving fund will be used for loans and other authorized assistance to public water systems for eligible projects, including improving drinking water treatment, 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:for the state revolving fund programs, loans issued to municipalities are considered subawards. However, the grantee will issue these as loans and not grants, even in the case of subsidy.outcomes:the benefits of this grant will be to capitalize the recipient's drinking water state revolving fund. 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.