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ARRA Funding for Public Drinking Water Systems

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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) was signed into law by President Obama in February 2009. Among its provisions, ARRA provides ~$160 million to the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (SDWSRF) for infrastructure development for California's drinking water systems.

EPA Region 9's Annual Program Evaluation Report for California's SDWSRF and ARRA (June 2010) (PDF)

There's more here:

• Information about specific ARRA-funded projects
• ARRA Project Reporting - Guidelines, Forms, and Deadlines - updated quarterly

Other Funding Information

Please go to our funding opportunities for public water systems webpage for important funding-related announcements, claims forms, and pre-application information.

• ARRA Funding Applications, Bid Solicitation and Construction Contract Guidance, and Project Reporting
  • ARRA Funding Application Materials - Only water systems that receive an application (not a pre-application) via the mail are eligible to apply for ARRA funding
  • ARRA Bid Solication and Construction Contract Guidance
  • ARRA Project Reporting

  
  
• ARRA Funding Criteria, Intended Use Plan, and Project Priority List
  • Funding Criteria for ARRA Projects (PDF, New Window)
  • ARRA Intended Use Plan
  • ARRA Full Project Priority List (PPL) (PDF, 2MB, New Window)

  
  
• Fundable Projects List
  • ARRA Fundable Projects List (PDF, New Window)
  • ARRA Fundable Projects List Summary (PDF, New Window)
  • ARRA Fundable Projects List Summary (Excel, New Window)
  • ARRA Fundable Projects List by County (Excel, New Window)

  
  
• Funded Projects List
  • ARRA-Funded Projects List (PDF, New Window)
  • ARRA-Funded Projects List by County (PDF, New Window)

  
  
• Additional US EPA ARRA Information
  • US EPA Recommended Environmental Best Practices for Federally Funded Projects (PDF, New Window)
  • More Tools and Best Practices for ARRA from US EPA

  
  
• Other ARRA Announcements and Information
  • Information from the State Water Resources Control Board about ARRA and the Clean Water State Revolving Fund
  • ARRA Information from the US Department of Agriculture - Rural Development (PDF, New Window)
  • Information on Proposition 218 from the California Communities Program (PDF, New Window)
  • CDPH Workshop Presentation on ARRA Funding for Drinking Water Projects (PowerPoint, New Window)
  • ARRA Fraud Prevention Training (PDF, New Window)

  
  
• Section 1511 Certification
• Early Documents: Announcement about ARRA Funding Criteria and Responsiveness Summary
  • June 4, 2009 Announcement about the Availability of CDPH's Final Criteria (Incorporating the Intended Use Plan, Project Priority List and Fundable Projects List) (PDF, New Window)
  • Responsiveness Summary - CDPH's Responses to May 2009 Public Comments/Hearing on Draft Funding Criteria and Other Documents (PDF, New Window)

  
  
• "Buy American" Information from US EPA

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More Funding Information for Public Water Systems

• SDWSRF Main Page
• Funding Opportunities for Public Drinking Water Systems