Does your Colorado community need grant and/or loan funds

for water, wastewater, or non point source projects?

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s Water Quality Control Division (WQCD) offers four different funding sources:

The Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund provides low interest loans to publicly owned facilities for the construction of wastewater, storm water and non-point source projects.
The Domestic Wastewater Treatment (DWWT) Grant Program provides financial assistance to governmental agencies and counties on behalf of unincorporated areas for planning, design and construction of eligible DWWT projects serving a population of not more than 5,000 persons. Funding is dependent upon appropriations from the State Legislature.
The Drinking Water Revolving Fund provides low interest loans to governmental agencies for the construction of water projects for public health and compliance purposes.

Ineligible projects include:

o Dams, water rights or reservoirs

o Projects needed primarily for growth or fire protection

The Drinking Water Grant Program provides financial assistance to governmental and not-for-profit public water for consolidation, planning, design and/or construction of water treatment systems serving a population of 5,000 or less. Again, funding is dependent upon appropriations from the State Legislature.
To be eligible for funding, the project must be identified on the eligibility list developed by the WQCD. To check whether your community’s needs are currently identified, you may view the current eligibility lists for the four funding programs on the Internet at the Department of Public Health and Environment’s regulation index page at: http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/op/waterqualityregs.asp

If you have an eligible project that is not currently identified on one of the lists please contact the WQCD. A thorough and accurate identification of local water and wastewater system needs may also improve the share of funds that Colorado receives from the EPA in future years to capitalize its Revolving Funds. For additional information, or to provide project information, please contact either Donna Davis-Bodnar or Debbie Stenson at the Water Quality Control Division (303) 692-3562, by April 15, 2002.