EPA Eyes Expansion of Water Loan Program With Few Federal Funds

The EPA expects programs that help pay for water infrastructure projects to expand with new funding sources, agency officials said Monday, even as the White House plans budget cuts that eviscerate those same programs.

The Environmental Protection Agency’s clean water and drinking water state revolving funds (SRFs) are “bedrock” financial programs essential for safe water, and they will “continue to expand and continue to grow,” said Andrew Sawyers, director of the EPA Office of Waste Management, speaking at the American Water Works Association annual conference in Denver.

Sawyers and other EPA officials attended the conference to promote EPA Administrator Lee ...