Welcome to Whidbey Island Water Systems Association, a resource for all who drink water on Whidbey Island!
Our members are Municipal, Group A, and Group B water systems, private well owners, and the operators, engineers, and others who serve those water systems.
Our quarterly member meeting are currently held via Zoom. The meeting invitation will be sent via our email list only. You must be a subscriber to the email list to receive the invitation email. Click here to subscribe!
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We are pleased to announce the availability of the Draft Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) Intended Use Plan (IUP) for the Twenty-sixth Federal Capitalization Grant. DWSRF is a federal/state partnership program whose purpose is to (1) provide loans to public water systems for capital improvements aimed at increasing public health protection, and (2) provide a source of funds for other Safe Drinking Water Act activities. The DWSRF Draft IUP is available May 3, 2022, on the DWSRF webpage.
The Draft IUP is the state’s request for set-aside and project loan funds to administer the loan program. It provides information on the status of the state’s DWSRF program and explains:
The Draft DWSRF IUP is subject to a public review and comment period. The deadline to comment on the Draft DWSRF IUP is June 3, 2022. Send comments or questions on the Draft DWSRF IUP to us via email at DWSRF@doh.wa.gov or at the address below.
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Office of Drinking Water
P.O. Box 47822
Olympia, WA 98504-7822
Thank you,
DWSRF Team
360-236-3089
Applications for the 2022 DWSRF Construction Loan accepted October 1 to November 30. Find information on the DWSRF webpage.
The Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) Program will be accepting Consolidation Feasibility Study Grant (CFSG) applications June 1 to June 30. These grants can be used to study the feasibility of a consolidation project and the maximum award per project is $50,000. Applications are submitted using the DWSRF on-line system, WALT. The guidelines for this program, application worksheet (included in the guidelines), and WALT Users Guide are available on the DWSRF Webpage.
A CFSG Program Overview webinar will be held May 25 and a follow up Q&A session on June 15, both from 10am – Noon. The webinar link is available on the DWSRF Webpage.
Please forward this email to anyone who may be interested. Please send any questions of concerns to dwsrf@doh.wa.gov.