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Committee keeps Clean Water and Drinking Water funding on track; approves $3M for water quality grants, $4M for municipal pollution grants
Summary
The committee reviewed agency requests and indicated support for $3,000,000 in FY26 for Agency of Agriculture water‑quality grants and $4,000,000 for municipal pollution grants (ANR). Members noted a prior $14.5 million IIJA infusion that is being applied to drinking‑ and wastewater revolving loan fund matches.
Committee members reviewed Clean Water Fund board recommendations and agency information for FY26 funding and agreed with staff recommendations to include: $3,000,000 for Agency of Agriculture water‑quality grants (to be administered through VHCB and similar partners) and $4,000,000 for municipal pollution grants to be awarded to the highest ranked projects on the FY26 priority list.
Why it matters: committee staff emphasized that demand outstrips available funds; the $3,000,000 request for…
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