GLC Resolution: Support for Effective Administration of State Revolving Funds

GLC Resolution: Support for Effective Administration of State Revolving Funds RESOLUTION Adopted March 6, 2024 Support for Effective Administration of State Revolving Funds Whereas, the Great Lakes sustain a $6 trillion economy, contain more than 90% of North America’s supply of surface freshwater, and provide drinking water for more than 40 million people in the United States and Canada; and Wher. [...] EPA estimates that fixing, updating, and modernizing the region’s crumbling water infrastructure will cost up to $188 billion over the next 20 years, and that backlog grows every year that we fail to invest in our nation’s water infrastructure; and Whereas, in 1987, the U. [...] Congress amended the Clean Water Act to establish the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF), which provides low-interest financing for wastewater infrastructure projects that ensure compliance with the Clean Water Act and maintain public health; and Whereas, between 1987 and 2022, Congress appropriated nearly $50 billion to the CWSRF, which was allocated throughout the states and territories th. [...] by enacting the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which included more than $43 billion for the CWSRF and DWSRF, including $11.7 billion in supplemental funding for the CWSRF, $11.7 billion in supplemental funding for the DWSRF, $1 billion for clean water emerging contaminants, $4 billion for drinking water emerging contaminants, and $15 billion for lead service line replacement; and W. [...] Therefore, Be It Resolved, that the Great Lakes Commission calls on the United States Congress to ensure congressionally directed spending for specific clean water and drinking water projects does not undermine viability of the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds; and Be It Finally Resolved, that states should be allowed to utilize Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Fu.