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Witnesses at House panel urge simpler WIFIA, SRF rules and more direct funding for small water systems
Summary
Witnesses at a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing urged streamlining the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (SRF) and EPA's WIFIA program to help small and tribal water systems finish projects faster with less administrative burden.
Witnesses at a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing urged streamlining the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (SRF) and the Environmental Protection Agency's WIFIA loan program to help small and tribal water systems complete projects faster and with less administrative burden.
The recommendation came during a panel discussion on ways to improve federal water infrastructure programs. Mr. Walker, a witness, said Texas has about 7,000 water systems, “most of them under 500 connections,” and that smaller systems cannot meet the program mandates and reporting requirements imposed on larger utilities. “They just can't do it,” he said.
The witnesses described three types of barriers: upfront costs,…
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