GEFA 2018 Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds

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GEFA will open the solicitation period for the 2018 Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds (SRF) on October 2, 2017, at 9:00 a.m.

The SRFs provide low-interest financing for publicly-owned water and wastewater projects. Applications for 2018 SRF financing should be submitted during the solicitation period. Eligible projects will be considered for inclusion on the 2018 Clean Water or Drinking Water Intended Use Plan (IUP).

For the 2018 solicitation, there are some important updates to the project ranking criteria:

• Eligibility for principal forgiveness will focus on affordability criteria from the U.S. Census Bureau:
• Median household income below or equal to $39,696
• Population decreased or remained the same
• Unemployment rate of 6 percent or higher
• Project type was removed from the affordability criteria.
• Emphasis on small systems (defined as 10,000 or fewer customers) and projects that have a public health compliance benefit. 

Online pre-applications will be accepted from October 2, 2017, through December 29, 2017, at gefa.georgia.gov. For more information, call 404-584-1000 or email publicaffairs@gefa.ga.gov.