EPA
Awards Over $11 Million to the Oklahoma Water Resources Board to Support
the
Clean Water State Revolving Fund Program
(DALLAS – July 27, 2012) The Environmental Protection
Agency has awarded $11,419,000 to the Oklahoma Water Resources Board to
support the Clean Water State Revolving Fund program. The funds will be used by
the state of Oklahoma to provide loans and other types of financial assistance
to local communities and intermunicipal and interstate agencies for wastewater
improvements. The loans will be used to improve water quality in streams, lakes
and rivers benefiting aquatic life, drinking water sources and eliminating
diseases caused by raw sewage discharges.
The Clean Water State Revolving Fund program
is authorized by the federal Clean Water Act to provide an innovative method of
financing a range of environmental projects. Under the program, the EPA provides
grants to all 50 states and Puerto Rico to capitalize state loan funds. The
states, in turn, make loans to communities, individuals and others for
high-priority water quality activities. As money is paid back into the revolving
fund, new loans are made to other recipients to maintain water quality.
Additional Information on EPA grants is
available at http://www.epa.gov/region6/gandf/index.htm
More about activities in EPA Region 6 is
available at http://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/region6.html
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