Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF)
Annual State Grant Allotments
Summary
The goal of the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) program is to provide states with a
permanent financing mechanism to ensure safe drinking water. States use EPA capitalization grants to
set up infrastructure funding accounts from which they make loans to public water systems. Eligible
infrastructure projects include upgrades of treatment facilities, eligible storage facilities, and
transmission and distribution systems. Projects to consolidate water supplies may also be eligible.
Over the history of the DWSRF program, EPA has awarded more than $6 billion in grants to states and
territories. States in turn, have provided more than $8 billion in low interest loans to public water
systems. The amount of DWSRF program funding for Fiscal year 2005 is $843,200,000, which reflects
a mandatory 0.8% decrease from the Congressional appropriation of $850 million.
Background
Since federal fiscal year 1998, the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) has required that EPA distribute
(i.e., allot) grant funding to each state based on the state's proportional share of the total eligible
needs reported for the most recent Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey. Each state must
receive at least one percent of funds available for allotment to all of the states. The Act also provides
that a portion of the appropriation may be used for Indian Tribes and Alaskan Native Villages,
monitoring of unregulated contaminants, and operator certification reimbursement.
About the Needs Survey
The first Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey was presented to Congress on January 1997.
Before completing that report, EPA asked for public comment on six options for using the results to
determine the allotment formula for appropriations. The final method for alloting funds was
published in the Federal Register on March 1997. EPA continues to use that method for allotting
state grants from the national appropriation.
EPA must provide Congress with a Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey every four years.
The Needs Survey contains information reported by states on the costs of constructing facilities and
systems that deliver safe drinking water to the public. The allotment formula for state grants from
fiscal year 2002 through 2005 reflects the needs identified in the second report to Congress released
in 2001. A third report to Congress will be released in 2005 and the results will be used to calculate
state grant allotments for appropriations made in fiscal years 2006 through 2009.
Allotment to Other Jurisdictions and the District of Columbia
The SDWA requires the Administrator to reserve up to 0.33 percent of the funds available for
allotment to the states to provide grants to the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and Guam. The SDWA also requires the Administrator to reserve
one percent of the funds available for allotment to the states to provide grants to the District of
Columbia. These grants are administered by the EPA Regional Offices.
How to Get Additional Information
Information about the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Program, including reports on recent
annual allotments to the states, can be found at: http://www.epa.gov/safewater/dwsrf.html
Office of Water (4606M) EPA 816-F-05-006 April 2005 www.epa.gov/safewater
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DISTRIBUTION OF DRINKING WATER SRF
APPROPRIATION FOR FY 2005
(BASED ON PRESIDENT'S BUDGET REQUEST OF $850,000,000 WITH 0.8% RECISION)
State
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Capitalization Grant
State Grant
$8,285,500
$8,285,500
$9,390,400
$8,970,100
$84,847,500
$13,708,600
$8,285,500
$8,285,500
$19,386,500
$13,118,800
$8,285,500
$8,285,500
$30,920,000
$9,728,700
$15,212,400
$9,501,900
$10,088,800
$8,285,500
$8,285,500
$9,621,500
$29,621,000
$33,958,000
$16,414,500
$8,285,500
$12,041,300
$8,285,500
$8,285,500
% Funds
Available to
States
1.00%
1.00%
1.13%
1 .08%
10.24%
1.65%
1 .00%
1.00%
2.34%
1 .58%
1 .00%
1.00%
3.73%
1.17%
1.84%
1.15%
1.22%
1.00%
1 .00%
1.16%
3.58%
4.10%
1.98%
1 .00%
1.45%
1.00%
1.00%
State
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
District of Columbia
Other Areas *
Capitalization Grant
State Grant
$8,285,500
$8,285,500
$19,075,100
$8,285,500
$64,237,300
$14,549,100
$8,285,500
$25,257,900
$12,806,700
$14,558,300
$26,681,000
$11,052,100
$8,285,500
$8,285,500
$8,285,500
$8,380,700
$63,818,500
$8,285,500
$8,285,500
$11,449,600
$20,447,100
$8,285,500
$16,407,900
$8,285,500
$8,285,500
$2,734,200
% Funds
Available to
States
1.00%
1.00%
2.30%
1.00%
7.75%
1.76%
1.00%
3.05%
1.55%
1.76%
3.22%
1.33%
1.00%
1 .00%
1.00%
1.01%
7.70%
1.00%
1.00%
1.38%
2.47%
1.00%
1.98%
1.00%
1 .00%
0.33%
Total Funds Available to States $828,552,000
National Set-Asides
American Indian and Alaska Native Villages $12,648,000
Health Effects Studies $0
Small Systems Technical Assistance $0
Monitoring for Unregulated Contaminants $2,000,000
Operator Certification Reimbursement $0
Total Appropriation for FY 2005 (for SRF planning purposes) $843,200,000
* Other Areas Include: Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
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