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EPA Announces $30 Million in Grant Funding to Strengthen Drinking Water and Wastewater Management in Rural America is sponsored by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). EPA announced $30.7 million in grant funding to provide training and technical assistance to improve water quality in small and rural communities across the country.
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RISE PA (EPA Climate Pollution Reduction Grants) - Small-scale Award Track (SAT) Round 4 is sponsored by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (administered by PA Department of Environmental Protection). This statewide grant program, funded by EPA's Climate Pollution Reduction Grants, focuses on reducing greenhouse gas and co-pollutant emissions from Pennsylvania's industrial sector.
Reducing Industrial Sector Emissions in Pennsylvania (RISE PA) Grant Program is sponsored by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) via Pennsylvania State University (PennTAP). The RISE PA program, funded through the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency's Climate Pollution Reduction Grants, offers grants for small-, medium-, and large-scale decarbonization projects at industrial facilities in Pennsylvania.
On June 29, 2026, EPA announced it will waive the $25,000 WIFIA application fee and the credit processing fee — averaging roughly $156,000 per loan — for communities of 25,000 or fewer residents in fiscal years 2026 and 2027. Combined, that removes nearly $200,000 in upfront cost from the single most affordable federal water-infrastructure financing program, which carries roughly $11 billion in available capacity and can cover up to 80% of eligible project costs at Treasury-rate pricing. For small towns, rural utilities, and the nonprofits and districts that serve them, this is a rare instance of the federal government lowering the barrier to a program that has historically been out of reach for exactly the communities that need it most. Here is what changed, who qualifies, and how to move on a letter of interest before the window closes.
Read articleFor FY2026 and FY2027, EPA is waiving the $25,000 WIFIA application fee and the ~$156,000 credit-processing fee for water systems serving 25,000 or fewer people — a near-$200,000 discount on access to an $11 billion pool of low-cost federal financing. The waiver removes the single barrier that kept small and rural utilities out of WIFIA for a decade. Here is how WIFIA actually works, who qualifies, why the letter of interest is the real gate, and how a town of 8,000 should think about a program built for billion-dollar projects.
Read articleFor FY2026 and FY2027, EPA is waiving the WIFIA application and credit-processing fees for communities of 25,000 or fewer — saving nearly $200,000 per loan — against roughly $11 billion in flexible financing that covers up to 80 percent of project costs. Here is why WIFIA has been underused by small systems, how the loan actually works, and how a rural utility should build a WIFIA strategy in 2026.
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