Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Program
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The Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) program provides long-term below market rate loans to community and non-profit, non-community public water systems (PWSs) to finance infrastructure improvement projects. Examples include storage tanks, treatment works, and water mains. Loans have interest rates at approximately half the market rate and repayment terms can be up to 20 years. The program supports and recognizes strong infrastructure sustainability programs that emphasize prevention as a tool for ensuring long term safe and affordable drinking water to Connecticut’s residents. The program also places an emphasis on providing loans to small water systems and communities most in need. PWSs which serve fewer than 10,000 persons are strongly encouraged to apply.
Draft SFY 2025 Intended Use Plan – Public Hearing
The Drinking Water Section will hold a Public Hearing on September 26, 2024 at 10 a.m. to hear testimony regarding the draft State Fiscal Year 2025 Intended Use Plan (IUP). This will be a remote meeting via Microsoft Teams. The public will have an opportunity to submit both written testimony prior to the hearing as well as oral testimony during the remote meeting. The IUP documents and the public hearing announcement may be accessed by visiting the Call for Projects, Review and Ranking of Projects webpage and scrolling to the section titled “Intended Use Plan and Project Priority List”.
Call for Projects for State Fiscal Year 2025 has Ended
The DWSRF State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2025 Call for Projects period for development of the SFY 2025 Annual Intended Use Plan has concluded. However, all eligible water systems with infrastructure projects are encouraged to apply at any time for future consideration. Further details on the program, eligibility, and instructions are available on the Call for Projects, Review and Ranking of Projects webpage under the section titled “Eligibility Application”.
For Small Loan Program for projects with a total cost less than $100,000, please visit the dedicated webpage for more information.
For Emergency Power Generator Program for projects with a total cost less than $100,000, please visit the Emergency Power Generator Program page.
Frequently-Used Forms
To assist PWS and consultants in preparing submissions to the DPH, we are providing direct links to our most commonly used applications, forms and checklists below.
- Financial Assistance Application
- CEQ Environmental Scoping Notice template
- Engineering Report Application Checklist
- Professional Services Contract Application Checklist
- Pre-Bid Construction Contract Application Checklist
- Authorization to Award Construction Contract Application Checklist
- Planning/Design Phase MBE/WBE Form
- Construction Phase MBE/WBE Form
- MBE/WBE Subcontractor Verification Form
- MBE/WBE Semi-annual Reporting Form | Instructions
Electronic Submittal of Documents
The DWSRF Program is transitioning to the electronic submittal of all forms and documents, with the use of digital signatures within Adobe-formatted documents. General instructions for setting up your digital signature are below.
Other Information
The DWSRF program was authorized by the 1996 amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) and is overseen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). For more information on the national program, please visit these EPA websites.
- EPA Homepage
- SDWA
- DWSRF Program
- Small Systems Information and Guidance
- EPA Region 1 (New England) Drinking Water Program
- Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
- DWSRF Project Steps and Information
- Emergency Power Generator Program
- Environmental Reviews
- Small Loan Program
- American Iron and Steel
- Public Water System Improvement Program
- Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey and Assessment
- DWSRF Annual Reports (OTT website)
- Green Project Reserve
If you have any questions, please contact us at dph.ctdwsrf@ct.gov