{"id":6265,"date":"2013-11-08T10:05:35","date_gmt":"2013-11-08T17:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unrbep.org\/?p=6265"},"modified":"2013-11-08T10:05:35","modified_gmt":"2013-11-08T17:05:35","slug":"epa-awards-15-million-to-nevada-for-water-quality-public-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/epa-awards-15-million-to-nevada-for-water-quality-public-health\/","title":{"rendered":"EPA awards $15 million to Nevada for water quality, public health"},"content":{"rendered":"

Posted: November 8, 2013
\nContact: Margot Perez-Sullivan, perezsullivan.margot@epa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n

SAN FRANCISCO<\/strong> \u2013 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently awarded the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection a $6.5 million grant for its Clean Water State Revolving Fund and an $8.5 million grant for its Drinking Water State Revolving Fund for water pollution control and drinking water infrastructure projects.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the last 24 years, EPA has provided over $320 million in funding for Nevada water projects alone\u201d said Jared Blumenfeld, EPA\u2019s Regional Administrator for the Pacific Southwest. \u201cWithout this investment and creative financing at the federal level, many communities would not be able to provide for Nevadans\u2019 basic needs for clean, safe drinking water and proper wastewater treatment.\u201d
\nNDEP will use the funds to provide low-cost loans for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure upgrades. NDEP\u2019s Clean Water State Revolving Fund (SRF) provides financing for municipal wastewater treatment projects, while its Drinking Water SRF provides financial assistance for supporting drinking water infrastructure systems.
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\nProjects previously funded using SRF loans include new well construction to decrease arsenic levels in drinking water supplied to the town of Tonopah as well as the construction of an advanced wastewater treatment facility in Clark County to reduce the amount of bacteria and chemicals entering Lake Meade.
\nEPA has awarded over $170 million in federal funding for Nevada\u2019s Clean Water State SRF since inception of the program in 1989. NDEP increases the investment in Nevada by leveraging the federal dollars on the bond market. The funds are used for a wide variety of water quality projects, including nonpoint source pollution control, watershed protection or restoration, water and energy efficiency projects, wastewater reclamation, and traditional municipal wastewater treatment projects. Since 1997, Nevada\u2019s Drinking Water SRF has received almost $150 million in federal funding. Funds to the program support drinking water infrastructure, programs such as drinking water plant operator training, and technical assistance.<\/p>\n

Forty years ago, when the federal Clean Water Act was made law, Congress charged EPA with the goal of making the nation\u2019s waters \u201cfishable and swimmable.\u201d Through the state revolving funds, EPA helps communities fund continuing and significant water infrastructure needs. Each state maintains revolving loan fund programs, capitalized by the EPA, to provide low-cost financing for water quality infrastructure projects.<\/p>\n

The EPA\u2019s Pacific Southwest Region (Region 9) administers and enforces federal environmental laws in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, the Pacific Islands and 148 tribal nations — home to more than 48 million people. The EPA is also a significant source of funding. In 2013, more than 85 percent of the $631 million regional operating budget flowed to state and tribal agencies, local governments, non-profit organizations and private-sector companies in the form of grants and contracts. This funding pays for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure, air pollution reduction programs, Superfund site cleanups and many other activities that protect human health and natural resources.<\/p>\n

For more information on EPA Region 9\u2019s State Revolving Fund program, visit: http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/region9\/water\/grants\/srf-loan-prog.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Posted: November 8, 2013 Contact: Margot Perez-Sullivan, perezsullivan.margot@epa.gov SAN FRANCISCO \u2013 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently awarded the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection a $6.5 million grant for its Clean Water State Revolving Fund and an $8.5 million grant for its Drinking Water State Revolving Fund for water pollution control and drinking water infrastructure … Continue reading EPA awards $15 million to Nevada for water quality, public health<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[44,42,39,43,40,41],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6265"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6265"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6267,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6265\/revisions\/6267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}