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What Do You Know About Water/ Wastewater Grants and Loans? Donna Kaluzniak
1. P er the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) website, the CWSRF program provides low-interest loans for planning, designing, and constructing water pollution control facilities. What types of loans are available? a. Construction loans only b. D esign loans only c. D esign and planning loans d. P lanning, design, and construction loans 2. Per FDEP’s CWSRF website, the Small Community Wastewater Construction Grants Program helps small communities with wastewater projects if the per capita income is less than the state average and the total population is a. 5 ,000 or less. b. 10,000 or less. c. 2 5,000 or less. d. 50,000 or less. 3. P er Florida Administrative Code (FAC) 62-505, Small Community Wastewater Facilities Grants, small community construction grants are only available if the project sponsor adopts and implements what type of plan? a. Asset management plan b. Inflow/infiltration plan c. P rocess safety management plan d. R isk management plan 4. P er the drinking water SRF construction loan process flowchart, what is the first step toward obtaining an SRF loan or grant? a. C ompleting project engineering documents b. P reparing planning documents c. S igning the loan agreement application d. S ubmitting a request for inclusion form 5. P er FAC 62-552, Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Loan Program, an environmental review must be completed for each project to be funded. Who performs the environmental review? a. Consultant for the utility receiving funding b. U .S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) c. F lorida Department of Environmental Protection d. W ater management district
6. P er the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant Program in Florida website, this program provides long-term, low-interest loans and grants to rural areas and towns with populations of a. 5,000 or less. b. 10,000 or less. c. 15,000 or less. d. 20,000 or less. 7. T he Florida Rural Water Association (FRWA) can assist with funding requests. Per the FRWA website, the Florida Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program is a competitive grant program that awards funds to eligible cities, counties, towns, and villages. To be eligible, a city must have a population of under 50,000 and a county’s population must be under a. 75,000. b. 100,000. c. 200,000. d. 500,000. 8. Per the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) website, FEMA can provide funding to restore or repair water/wastewater facilities after a. a presidentially declared disaster. b. any man-made disaster. c. any natural disaster. d. any tropical storm. 9. P er the EPA Fact Sheet, “Public Assistance for Water and Wastewater Utilities in Emergencies and Disasters,” work that is eligible for supplemental federal disaster grant assistance is classified as either a. administrative or construction work. b. emergency or permanent work. c. repair or replacement work. d. water or wastewater work. 10. P er FDEP’s document, “Funding Assistance for Water Projects in Florida,” the Florida Legislature may solicit applications directly to projects, including water projects. The utility would contact its local representative to check for available opportunities. These grants are a. community budget issue requests. b. community development block grants. c. economic development administration funds. d. rural utilities service grants.
44 July 2020 • Florida Water Resources Journal
Answers on page 50 References used for this quiz: • Clean Water State Revolving Fund website: https://floridadep.gov/wra/srf/content/cwsrf-program • Drinking Water State Revolving Fund website: https://floridadep.gov/wra/srf/content/dwsrf-program • State Revolving Fund Construction Loan Process Flowchart: https://floridadep.gov/sites/default/files/SRF_ Loan_Process.pdf • FAC 62-503, State Revolving Fund Loan Program • FAC 62-505, Small Community Wastewater Facilities Grants • FAC 62-552, Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Loan Program • FDEP Document, “Funding Assistance for Water Projects in Florida” https://floridadep.gov/sites/default/files/Funding_ Florida_DWRA.pdf • Federal Emergency Management Agency’s webpage, “Public Assistance Grant Program Available to Water and Wastewater Utilities” https://www.epa.gov/fedfunds/femas-publicassistance-grant-program-available-water-andwastewater-utilities • Florida Rural Water Association Florida Financing Programs website:https://www.frwa.net/funding • USDA Rural Development Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant Program in Florida website: https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/ water-waste-disposal-loan-grant-program/fl • U.S. EPA Fact Sheet, “Public Assistance for Water and Wastewater Utilities in Emergencies and Disasters,” available on FEMA’s webpage: https://www.epa.gov/fedfunds/femas-publicassistance-grant-program-available-water-andwastewater-utilities
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