This agreement provides a capitalization grant to the oklahoma's drinking water state revolving fund (dwsrf) program

The award furthers the public health protection objectives of the safe drinking water act (sdwa). This agreement will provide funds to capitalize the OK dwsrf program 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. The OK dwsrf program is applying for their full allotment of $6,774,000. However, they have requested that $17,000 of their administration set-aside (4%) be held back by the region to be applied to an office of groundwater and drinking water contract with cadmus to carry out drinking water infrastructure needs survey and assessment work in the state of oklahoma. This will cause the commitment notice and the award to be $6,757,000. Activities:the oklahoma drinking water state revolving fund program will be using these funds to 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 set-asides, including but not limited to providing technical assistance to small systems, for operator certification activities, and source water protection activities.subrecipient: loans awarded as part of the drinking water state revolving fund program are considered subawards. However, these will be awarded as loans and not subgrants.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 of oklahoma.