AMWA calls for broadening of access to BIL additional subsidization funds

The Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (AMWA), representing large U.S. drinking water systems, used the opportunity of a Senate subcommittee hearing on implementation of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) last week to reamplify its message that all metropolitan drinking water systems should have access to additionally subsidized Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) dollars delivered through the law.

“As the BIL is implemented, AMWA believes EPA should maximize the opportunities for states and municipalities to spend funds so they deliver the most benefit to low-income households and communities,” the association said in a statement submitted for the record of a hearing of the Senate Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife Subcommittee. AMWA went on to warn that EPA “is not prepared to use the full scope of authority granted by Congress to ensure that additionally subsidized SRF dollars reach low-income communities, no matter where they are.”