The Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended in 1996, established the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to make funds available to drinking water systems to finance infrastructure improvements. The program also emphasizes providing funds to small and disadvantaged communities and to programs that encourage pollution prevention as a tool for ensuring safe drinking water.

• Final 2006 and Tentative 2007 Allotments

Program Guidance (ALL ABOUT PDF FILES)

• Drinking Water State Revolving Fund: Program Operations Manual - Provisional Edition PDF (78 pp, 2.6 M)
• The DWSRF Guide to Understanding Audits PDF (42 pp, 327 K)
• DWSRF Program Rule (August, 2000)
  • Federal Register Notice
  • Fact Sheet (PDF 2 pp, 194 K)
• Policy on Transfers and Cross-collateralization in the DWSRF and CWSRF programs (FR October 13, 2000)
• Final DWSRF Guidelines (February 1997)
• Questions and Answers (PDF 44 pp, 183 K)
• Guide to using the Automated Clearinghouse for the DWSRF Program (PDF 31 pp, 150 K)
• Guidance for Tribal Set-Aside SRF Grant Program
• Policy on use of DWSRF funds for creation of public water systems
• Policy on use of DWSRF funds for reimbursement of eligible costs
• DWSRF Awards for Sustainable Public Health Protection
  • Brochure PDF (8 pp, 3 M)
  • Map PDF (1 pp, 248 K)
• Audit Guidance
  • Audit Guide for Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Programs (PDF 98 pp, 347 K)
  • OMB Circular A-133 and Compliance Supplement
• Management Manual
  Examples of documentation that states must submit to receive grants (e.g., Operating Agreement, Intended Use Plan, Biennial Report).
• Cross-Cutting Federal Authorities
  Informational links to help states and public water systems comply with cross-cutting federal authorities 

Fact Sheets & Reports (ALL ABOUT PDF FILES)

Reports

• Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Program: Delivering Sustainable Public Health Protection for America
  2005 Annual Report
  EPA 816-R-06-003
  • Full Report (PDF 32 pp, 1.8 M)
• The Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Program: Financing America's Drinking Water from the Source to the Tap - A Report to Congress
  EPA 918-R-03-009, May 2003
  • Full Report (PDF 112 pp, 956 K)
  • Appendices (PDF 180 pp, 2 M)
• Financing America's Drinking Water - A Report of Progres s
  EPA 816-R-00-023, November 2000
  • Full Report (PDF 20 pp, 1 M)
• Clean Water and Drinking Water Infrastructure Gap Analysis Report
  EPA 816-R-02-020, September 2002
  • Full Report (PDF 54 pp, 2 M)
  • Fact Sheet (PDF 2 pp, 105 K)
• Implementation of Transfers in the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Programs: Report to Congress
  EPA 816-R-00-021, October 2000
  • Full Report (PDF 47 pp, 488 K)
• Handbook on Coordinating Funding for Water and Wastewater Infrastructure: A Compilation of State Approaches
  EPA-816-R-03-018, October 2003
  • Full Handbook (PDF 78 pp, 2 M)
• Case Studies in DWSRF Implementation
  This reports present a series of reviews on how states are implementing their DWSRF programs (public participation, assessing capacity, disadvantaged programs ).
  • I.  Public Participation
    EPA 816-R-00-001, April 2000
    • Main Report (PDF 24 pp, 323 K)
    • Appendix (PDF 39 pp, 3 M)
  • II.  Capacity Assessment
    EPA 816-R-00-004, July 2000
    • Main Report (PDF 23 pp, 264 K)
    • Appendix (PDF 47 pp, 434 K)
  • III. Disadvantaged Communities
    EPA 816-R-00-005, August 2000
    • Full Report (PDF 96 pp, 500 K)
• SRF Fund Management Handbook (PDF 79 pp, 792 K)
  EPA 832-B-01-003
• DWSRF State Priority System Compendium
  (February, 1999)

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Fact Sheets

• DWSRF Program Overview (PDF 2 pp, 236 K)
  EPA 816-F-00-028
• Public Participation in the DWSRF Program (PDF 2 pp, 298 K)
  EPA 816-F-00-015
• Using DWSRF Set-Aside Funds to Assist Small Water Systems (PDF 2 pp, 310 K)
  EPA 816-F-00-014
• Using DWSRF Set-Aside Funds for Source Water Protection (PDF 2 pp, 272 K)
  EPA 816-F-00-013
• Using DWSRF Set-Aside Funds for Operator Certification (PDF 2 pp, 257 K)
  EPA 816-F-00-012
• Using DWSRF Set-Aside Funds for Capacity Development (PDF 2 pp, 252 K)
  EPA 816-F-00-011
• Protecting Drinking Water with the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) Program
  EPA 832-F-00-001
• Funding MTBE Prevention and Remediation Projects with the CWSRF  (PDF 2 pp, 367 K)
  EPA 832-F-00-004
• Funding Class V Injection Well Closures with the CWSRF (PDF 2 pp, 271 K)
  EPA 816-F-00-074
• Using the DWSRF for for Source Water Protection Loans (PDF 4 pp, 217 K)
  EPA 816-F-0028
• U sing the DWSRF to Implement Security Measures at Public Water Systems  (PDF 4 pp, 790 K)
  EPA 816-F-0028
• Using DWSRF Funds to Comply with the New Arsenic Rule  (PDF 4 pp, 258 K)
  EPA 816-F-02-004
• Using DWSRF Funds to Comply with the Radionuclides Rule  (PDF 4 pp, 496 K)
  EPA 816-F-02-008
• Using DWSRF Funds to Comply with the Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule  (PDF 4 pp, 179 K)
  EPA 816-F-02-007
• Using DWSRF Funds to Comply with the Filter Backwash Recycling Rule  (PDF 4 pp, 492 K)
  EPA 816-F-02-006
• Using DWSRF Funds to Comply with the Long Term 1 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule  (PDF 4 pp, 480 K)
  EPA 816-F-02-005
• Using DWSRF Funds for Transmission and Distribution Needs (PDF 4 pp, 165 K)
  EPA 816-F-03-003
• Funding Water Efficiency Through the State Revolving Fund Programs (PDF 8 pp, 1 M)
  EPA 816-F-02-006
• Implementing AWOPs through the Capacity Development and the DWSRF Programs (PDF 4 pp, 486 K)
  EPA 816-F-03-019
• Funding for Source Water Protection Activities (PDF 8 pp, 177 K)
  EPA 816-K-03-004
• SRF's UP: A Newsletter for the DWSRF and CWSRF Programs
  • Summer 2002 (PDF 12 pp, 211 K)
    EPA 832-N-02-002
  • Fall 2001 (PDF 12 pp, 236 K)
    EPA 832-N-02-001
  • Spring 2000 (PDF 116 pp, 516 K)
    EPA 832-N-00-001
  • Fall 1999 (PDF 12 pp, 455 K)
    EPA 832-N-99-002
  • Summer 1999 (PDF 12 pp, 389 K)
    EPA 832-N-99-001
• SRF State Activity Updates
  • Accelerated Loan Commitment in California & Oregon (PDF 1 p, 101 K)
    EPA 816-N-00-003e
  • Michigan's Short-term Investment Structure (PDF 1 p, 101 K)
    EPA 816-N-00-003d
  • New York's Short-term Investment Structure (PDF 1 p, 101 K)
    EPA 816-N-00-003b
  • New Jersey's Cross-Collateralization Structure (PDF 1 p, 101 K)
    EPA 816-N-00-003a

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Tribal and Territorial Programs

• Tribal Program - Information and Allotments
• Territorial Program - Information and Allotments

Program Data

• State Grant Allotments
• DWSRF National Information Management System (DWNIMS) :  reports with financial and programmatic data on the DWSRF program for state fiscal years 1997-2006

Related Programs (ALL ABOUT PDF FILES)

• Drinking Water Needs Survey
• Sustainable Infrastructure Initiative
• Capacity Development
• Operator Certification
• Source Water Protection
• Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) Program
• Office of Water Funding & Grants Page
• U.S. Department of Agriculture - Rural Utilities Service (RUS) -Water and Environmental Programs
  • Memorandum of Agreement between EPA and RUS on supporting compliance with the arsenic standard
    (PDF 4 pp, 112 K)
  • Memorandum of Agreement between EPA, RUS and HUD on funding coordination
    (PDF 5 pp, 32 K)

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Contact Information (ALL ABOUT PDF FILES)

• State DWSRF Contacts (PDF 5 pp, 190 K)
• State DWSRF Programs On-Line (through Local Drinking Water Info)
• U.S. EPA - DWSRF Regional Contact Information (PDF 1 p, 101 K)

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• National Drinking Water Advisory Council Working Group (1997)