EPA awards $76M to Maryland’s water infrastructure

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $76 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funding to Maryland for water infrastructure improvements.

The BIL allocates over $50 billion for the nation’s water infrastructure through EPA. The announced grants will supplement the $41 million in fiscal year (FY) 2022 funding that had been appropriated to Maryland’s Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds (SRFs). The allocations come as part of the first significant distribution of water infrastructure funding through the BIL across 18 states.

The funding represents the BIL awards for states that have submitted and obtained EPA’s approval of their plans for use of the funding. EPA says that SRF capitalization grants will continue to be awarded, on a rolling state-by-state basis, as more states receive approval throughout FY22; states will also receive awards over the course of the next four years. As grants are awarded, the state SRF programs can begin to distribute the funds as grants and loans to communities across their state.

More information about the funding and its planned projects are available at Maryland’s Department of the Environment webpage.