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Board authorizes disaster‑relief clean‑water loans (principal forgiveness) for three Southwest Virginia projects
Summary
DEQ will execute loan agreements that function as principal‑forgiveness grants totaling roughly $9.3 million in federal disaster funds; three high‑need projects in Buchanan County and two towns were prioritized for immediate funding to repair sewer infrastructure damaged by recent hurricanes and wildfires.
The State Water Control Board authorized DEQ staff to execute loan agreements using federal disaster supplemental funding administered through Virginia’s Clean Water Revolving Loan Fund to address wastewater infrastructure damage in Southwest Virginia.
Megan Mayfield, director of DEQ’s Office of Clean Water Finance, said the American Rescue Act (Title 7) made supplemental funding available to state revolving funds and that Virginia’s allocation is "just over…
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