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Awards/GRANT

$264,525,000

Environmental Protection Agency·Environmental Protection Agency

to NYS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

environmentactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2025 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2025-10-01·LATEST ACTION2026-07-07·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_96220026_068
Award description

DESCRIPTION:THIS AGREEMENT PROVIDES A CAPITALIZATION GRANT, FUNDED BY THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT (IIJA) (PL 117-58), FOR THE RECIPIENT'S DRINKING WATER STATE REVOLVING FUND (DWSRF) PROGRAM. FUNDS WILL BE USED FOR DWSRF-ELIGIBLE LEAD SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT PROJECTS AND ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THE IDENTIFICATION, PLANNING, DESIGN, AND REPLACEMENT OF LEAD SERVICE LINES. THE AWARD FURTHERS THE PUBLIC HEALTH PROTECTION OBJECTIVES OF THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT (SDWA). ACTIVITIES:THE RECIPIENT OF THESE FUNDS WILL PROVIDE LOW INTEREST RATE FINANCING TO ELIGIBLE PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS FOR THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PLANNING, DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCTION OF ELIGIBLE DRINKING WATER IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. THE RECIPIENT MAY ALSO USE SOME OF THE FUNDING FOR SPECIFIC SET-ASIDES. FUNDS WILL BE USED FOR DWSRF-ELIGIBLE LEAD SERVICE LINE REPLACEMENT PROJECTS AND ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THE IDENTIFICATION, PLANNING, DESIGN, AND REPLACEMENT OF LEAD SERVICE LINES. SUBRECIPIENT:THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN NYSDOH AND NYSEFC SIGNED AUGUST 7, 1997 UNDER THE NY-DWSRF OPERATING AGREEMENT, DOCUMENTS A SUB-AWARD AGREEMENT BETWEEN NYSDOH AND NYSEFC. THE DWSRF PROGRAM IS A NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (DOH) PROGRAM THAT IS JOINTLY ADMINISTERED BY THE NEW YORK STATE ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITIES CORPORATION. SUB-AWARDS ALSO INCLUDE LOANS AND GRANTS UNDER THE NYSDOH DWSRF PROGRAM.OUTCOMES:THE ANTICIPATED DELIVERABLES INCLUDE FINANCING, PLANNING, DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCTION OF ELIGIBLE LEAD SERVICE LINE PROJECTS AND ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES. DELIVERABLES WILL ALSO BE USED TO INCREASE THE LEAD SERVICE LINE-RELATED TECHNICAL, MANAGERIAL, AND FINANCIAL CAPACITY OF PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS. THE EXPECTED OUTCOME IS PUBLIC HEALTH PROTECTION. THE INTENDED BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE CITIZENS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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In plain English

EPA grant providing low-interest financing for public water systems to replace lead service lines.

Sub-sectors
drinking-water-infrastructurelead-remediationstate-revolving-fund
Why this matters

Lead contamination in drinking water affects millions; this $264.5M IIJA investment enables large-scale replacement of hazardous infrastructure.

Supply-chain signal

DWSRF financing will drive demand for water testing services, pipe materials, construction contractors, and engineering consultants for lead replacement.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-07-08. Cost: $0.011753.

Period of performance
Start
2025-10-01
End
2032-09-30
Status
activein 2271 days
Sources

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