Drinking Water State Revolving Fund

Department & Agency:

United States Environmental Protection Agency

Administering Agency:

Office of Groundwater and Drinking Water

Agency Contact:

David Harvey
202-564-1460
Harvey.david@epa.gov
EPA and IHS Regional contacts listed below

Stimulus Funding:

Up to $30 M

Eligibility and Type:

Federally recognized Tribes. Funding via Tribal Set-aside, and distributed via a regional allocation formula.

Program Description:

The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) authorizes EPA to set aside a portion of each year’s appropriation and use it to make direct grants for capital improvements to improve the infrastructure of drinking water systems that serve Indian Tribes. Some examples are projects to: rehabilitate or develop sources of drinking water; install or upgrade treatment facilities; install or upgrade storage facilities; install or replace transmission or distribution pipes; and replace aging water system infrastructure. Funds can also be used to conduct project feasibility studies, engineering design work, and project administration.

EPA’s Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water (OGWDW) distributes set-aside funds via an allotment formula among the nine EPA Regions with Tribal programs in consultation with the Indian Health Service (IHS) and the Tribes in their Region. EPA Regions identify and prioritize projects, and many rely primarily on IHS’s Sanitation Deficiency Systems (SDS) list.

General program information at http://www.epa.gov/safewater/dwsrf/allotments/tribes/pdf/guidelines_dwsrf_tribal.pdf

To seek Stimulus funding for projects not currently on the SDS list, tribes should contact their EPA and IHS regional contacts as soon as possible.

IHS regional contacts at http://www.dsfc.ihs.gov/staff.cfm

EPA Regional Contacts:

Region
1     Mark Sceery     617-918-1559
2     Jerry McKenna     313-637-3838
4     Dan Olone     404-562-9434
5     Mary Morgan    312-886-6301
6     Kim Ngo     214-665-7158
7     Stan Calow     913-551-7410
8     Minne Adams     303-312-6624
9     Linda Reeves     415-972-3445
10     Dennis Wagner     907-271-3651

General Provisions:

Under the Stimulus, EPA will reallocate funds appropriated where projects are not under contract or construction within 12 months of the date of enactment of the Act. Up to 4 percent of the funds appropriated for tribal set-aside may be transferred to IHS for support management and oversight of tribal project.

Funding Notices:

Notices regarding Stimulus funding are not available at this time.

Technical Assistance:

Information not yet availiable.