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Board adopts SRF policy amendments after months of stakeholder negotiations; chromium‑6 funding concerns remain
Summary
After months of stakeholder meetings and public comment, the State Water Resources Control Board on May 6 adopted amendments to the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund policies. The board adopted new scoring criteria intended to prioritize projects, improve readiness assessments and include an affordability metric; several water
The State Water Resources Control Board adopted amendments to the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (SRF) policies on May 6 after a protracted stakeholder process that focused on revised project‑priority scoring, affordability metrics and readiness criteria.
The amendments formalize a priority score system that includes (1) a project score recognizing regulatory drivers and public‑health priorities, (2) a secondary score for co‑benefits such as water recycling and equivalency volunteers, (3) an affordability score that includes community median household income and sewer rates as a percentage of MHI, and (4) a readiness score that now awards points for 50% plans and specifications in…
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