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DEEP says Clean Water Fund remains largest capital program; municipalities urged to use priority list
Summary
DEEP staff described the Clean Water Fund's role financing wastewater treatment plants and supporting municipalities, noted separate drinking water state revolving funds managed by Department of Public Health, and said municipalities face about $10 billion in wastewater needs over 20 years.
Officials for the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection told the subcommittee that the Clean Water Fund is the agency's largest capital program, financing upgrades at wastewater treatment plants and supporting municipalities with low-cost loans, grants and technical assistance.
Graham Stevens, DEEP chief of water protection and land reuse, said the fund is used to upgrade 93 wastewater treatment plants and associated systems and that…
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