ENVIRONMENTAL BUSINESS
USEPA Awards New Jersey $84 Million
for Water Infrastructure Improvements
Water quality protection infrastructure projects will protect
New Jersey’s lakes, rivers and the Atlantic Ocean.
Compiled by John Joseph Parker
Contributing Editor
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(USEPA) has awarded $84 million to
New Jersey for State Revolving Funds
(SRFs) to assist with water infrastructure
projects that help protect surface water and
provide safe drinking water to communities
throughout the state.
“These funds, along with some recent flexibility
that allowed New Jersey to transfer some
of its clean water SRF funds to be applied to
drinking water system improvements focused
on lead, will provide critical upgrades to help
modernize New Jersey’s water infrastructure
needs while protecting human health and the
environment,” says USEPA Regional Administrator
Pete Lopez.
The USEPA awarded $65 million to the
New Jersey Clean Water State Revolving Fund
(CWSRF) program, administrated by the New
“These funds, along with
some recent flexibility . . . will
provide critical
upgrades . . . while protecting
human health and the
environment . . .”
Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
(NJDEP) and its financing program, the New
Jersey Infrastructure Bank (NJIB). The CWSRF
program provides low-interest loans and principal
forgiveness for the improvement of water
quality protection infrastructure projects, including
modernizing aging wastewater infrastructure,
implementing water reuse and recycling and
addressing storm water, which will protect New
Jersey’s lakes, rivers and the Atlantic Ocean.
The USEPA awarded $19 million to the New
Jersey Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
(DWSRF) program, also administrated by the
NJDEP and the NJIB. The DWSRF program provides
low-interest loans and principal forgiveness
for the construction of drinking water infrastructure
projects and for the administration of
small system technical assistance, source water
protection, capacity development and operator
certification. The DWSRF program will protect
people’s health by reducing exposure to contaminants
in drinking water.
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