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Biden-Harris Administration Announces $41 million in Available Grants to
Upgrade Stormwater and Sewer Infrastructure
Under President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, EPA offers grant
assistance at no cost to small and financially distressed communities
WASHINGTON – Today, May 9, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
announced the availability of nearly $41 million in funding through the Sewer
Overflow and Stormwater Reuse Municipal Grant program to help communities
address stormwater and sewer infrastructure needs. Safely managing stormwater
is critical to preventing contaminants, including untreated sewage, from
polluting waterways. EPA’s grant funding is available to states to support
projects in cities and towns that will strengthen their stormwater collection
systems to be more resilient against increasingly intense rain events made
worse by the climate crisis.
“Our nation’s waterways are vital to healthy communities. They provide
sources of drinking water, support farming, power economic opportunity, and
give us opportunities to swim and to fish. Keeping our waterways clean and
safe is essential, and stormwater runoff is one of the biggest pollution
challenges facing our water ecosystems,” said EPA Acting Assistant
Administrator for Water Bruno Pigott. “Under President Biden’s Investing
in America agenda, EPA is making grant funds available for stormwater
solutions. Because it does not have to be paid back, this funding is
especially effective in helping disadvantaged communities protect their
waterways.”
When rain and floodwaters overrun sewer and stormwater systems, they bypass
treatment and transport pollution and sewage directly into creeks, streams,
and rivers. These untreated discharges threaten human health, economic
prosperity, and ecological function. Stormwater management is a complex
challenge for communities across the country. Through changes made by
President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, this grant program will
prioritize stormwater infrastructure projects in small and/or financially
distressed and disadvantaged communities and prevent cost share requirements
from being passed on to these communities.
Additional funding for stormwater and wastewater upgrades is available through
President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and EPA’s Water
Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) program. Through the
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, EPA is providing $11.7 billion to states to
upgrade wastewater infrastructure through the Clean Water State Revolving
Fund. Additionally, the seventh round of EPA’s WIFIA financing is
available—with $6.5 billion through WIFIA and $1 billion through SWIFIA. EPA
is currently accepting letters of interest for WIFIA and SWIFIA, a loan
program exclusively for State infrastructure financing authority borrowers.
Learn more about submitting a letter of interest for a WIFIA loan.
These programs advance President Biden’s Justice40 Initiative, which sets a
goal that 40% of the overall benefits of certain federal climate, clean
energy, affordable and sustainable housing, and other investments flow to
disadvantaged communities that are marginalized by underinvestment and
overburdened by pollution. 
Learn more about the Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Reuse Municipal Grant
program.
Background
Stormwater can be a significant source of water pollution and a public health
concern. Stormwater can collect various pollutants including trash, chemicals,
oils, and dirt/sediment and convey them to nearby waterways. When mixed with
domestic and industrial wastewater in combined sewers, stormwater can also
contribute to combined sewer overflows during heavy storm events.
EPA is working with local and state partners to leverage the resources of the
federal government to meet the needs of these communities. In the past, states
and communities shared a fixed portion of the costs associated with all
projects funded through the Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Reuse Municipal
Grant program. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law changed the program so that
25% of Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Reuse Municipal Grant program funds go to
available projects in small and/or financially distressed communities; it also
limited states’ abilities to pass on the burden of cost sharing to these
communities. To encourage investment in these critical projects, EPA modified
the Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Reuse Municipal Grant program so that state
grantees are not required to contribute cost share money for Sewer Overflow
and Stormwater Reuse Municipal Grant program projects located in small or
financially distressed communities. However, grant portions that go to
communities other than small or financially distressed communities will
include a cost share requirement.
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