Nevada Division of Environmental Protection, Board For Financing Water Projects

Application Process
Loan Pre-application Form


Letter of Intent Form


Enviro Info Request Form


Loan Application Form


Application: ARRA Subsidy
Eligible Projects ONLY


Program Authority
Statutory Authority - NRS
Program Regulations - NAC

New Documents & Links

December 2011 Notice — We are in the process of preparing Priority Lists for projects to be funded from the State of Nevada Division of Environmental Protection, Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) & Clean Water Revolving State Revolving Fund (CWSRF). This "Solicitation Letter" [PDF] which is also being mailed from the NDEP Office of Financial Assistance with instructions for having your water or wastewater project added to the priority list or having your project remain on the list. Your submittal must be received no later than February 15, 2012. The loan pre-application is available on this website - see left sidebar.

Review information about Nevada programs funded under the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)

2012 DWSRF Priority List

2011 Intended Use Plan

2011 Capacity Development Report to the Governor

About the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund — Passed by Congress in 1974 and amended in 1986 and 1996, the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) regulates the nation's public drinking water supply in order to protect public health. The Act authorizes EPA to set national health-based standards for contaminants in drinking water. Section 1452 of the 1996 SDWA Amendments authorized the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) program to address the most pressing public health needs related to drinking water.

The DWSRF programs are founded upon the singular focus of assisting state drinking water programs and drinking water systems in meeting their responsibility to protect public health. The goal of Congress was to establish an innovative program that would assist in providing safe drinking water by helping water systems fund infrastructure upgrades and by improving their institutional capabilities.

The DWSRF also helps states undertake activities to support their drinking water programs. The federal government annually provides money for the state to loan at below-market interest rates for qualifying improvements to drinking water system infrastructure.

In addition to providing low interest loans, the DWSRF uses targeted set-aside funds to address some of the key underlying conditions that affect drinking water systems' abilities to protect public health. The DWSRF set-aside funds provide the tools to create a more sustainable drinking water sector by improving system management, enhancing the technical skills of system operators, increasing efficiency, and improving source water protection.

In effect, DWSRF has the ability to address public health protection in two critical ways: by providing an accessible and affordable source of financing for necessary infrastructure improvements, and by addressing underlying issues that impact a system's institutional capabilities.