The primary driver of this grant program is a need for drinking water capacity to support increased population. While the focus is drinking water project, secondary components that are eligible under CWSRF may be considered if they support increase capacity for the drinking water project proposed.

Click here to watch the August 19 webinar about this new program funded by the State of Georgia's ARPA dollars.

See webinar slides for more details.

Match: Match is not required but will be taken into account with score.

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Details

The EPA regulation (the Safe Drinking Water Act) implementing the DWSRF program provides that projects needed primarily to serve future population growth are not eligible uses of the DWSRF. A project that is intended primarily to address public health or regulatory compliance issues for the existing service population may be sized for a ‘‘reasonable’’ amount of population growth over the useful life of the project.

ARPA does not include the same limitation as the SDWA. Accordingly, the final rule provides that recipients may use SLFRF funds for projects that are needed to support increased population in certain cases. ARPA limits projects to those investments that are ‘‘necessary.’’

Treasury interprets this to mean that the investments must be:

responsive to an identified need to achieve or maintain an adequate minimum level of service, which for some eligible project categories may include a reasonable projection of increased need, whether due to population growth or otherwise and a cost-effective means for meeting that need, taking into accountavailable alternatives. For this eligible use category, expansion of drinking water service infrastructure, the project must also be projected to be sustainable over its estimated useful life.