Appropriations for the Department of Interior and EPA is included in this package and WEF is excited about many of the funding allocations that the Federation advocated for have signed into law. This includes:    

• Clean Water State Revolving Fund — $1.7 billion, which is equal to the 2018 enacted level and $300 million above the President’s budget request. Direct 10 percent of funds to be used for green infrastructure, water & energy efficiency improvements, or other environmentally innovative activities.
• Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund — $1.2 billion, which is equal to the 2018 enacted level and $300 million above the President’s budget request. Direct 10% of funds to be used for green infrastructure, water & energy efficiency improvements, or other environmentally innovative activities.
• Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) Grants — $68 million, which is $5 million above the FY 2018 enacted level and $48 million above the President’s budget request.  Forecasts total potential loan capacity at greater than $7 billion in water infrastructure projects.  Directs the EPA to prioritize funding to address lead and emerging contaminants, including PFOA and PFAS.
• Water Research Grants — Provides $5 million for water quality research grants.
• Clean Watersheds Needs Survey — Provides $500,000 to the EPA to carry out the Clean Watershed Needs Survey, which was last completed in 2016 using 2012 data.
• Community Affordability — Bill language encourages the EPA to continue ongoing efforts to publish a new affordability methodology.

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Click here to view a division by division summary of the report.  Interior and Environment Appropriations information begins on page 19.