The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced the state-by-state allocation of $7.4 billion for water infrastructure from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The action marks the first step toward putting the infrastructure package’s estimated total $1 trillion to $1.2 trillion in funds to use. But it will be weeks before EPA funds actually are released.
EPA on Dec. 2 disclosed how it will divide among states, tribes and territories the drinking-water and clean-water State Revolving Funds (SRFs) for fiscal 2022, the new law's first year. Over five years. the law's dollars through the SRFs will total almost $44 billion, according to the agency.