This agreement provides funding to north dakota department of environmental quality

This federal Formula Grant award of $5,925,600 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (CFDA #66.468) provides funding to the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality (NDDEQ) to capitalize the state's Drinking Water State Revolving Fund program.

The DWSRF program enables NDDEQ to offer low-interest financing for projects that improve drinking water infrastructure and protect public health across North Dakota. Eligible activities include upgrading water treatment facilities, replacing distribution pipes, improving water sources, and constructing storage tanks. The grant will also support technical assistance to small water systems and address emerging contaminants like PFAS. By capitalizing the DWSRF, this award aims to increase the technical, financial, and managerial capacity of public water systems statewide and provide a cleaner, safer potable water supply through funded infrastructure improvements.

The grant period runs from February 1, 2024 to January 31, 2026. As part of this program, NDDEQ has issued a $290,744 sub-award to the City of Beulah, North Dakota for wastewater, water main, and storm sewer upgrades to address infrastructure issues and enhance environmental compliance.

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 dwsrf 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:the grant agreement capitalizes the state drinking water SRF program, allowing the state SRF to make loans (subawards) to communities for infrastructure improvements.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.