Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Fund

About

The Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Fund (“DWSRLF”) is operated in partnership with the New Mexico Environment Department (“NMED”) to provide low-cost financing for the construction of and improvements to drinking water facilities throughout New Mexico in order to protect drinking water quality and the public health. This federally funded program, managed by the NMFA on behalf of the State of New Mexico, is funded through a federal capitalization grant of approximately $8 million annually. The State is required to match the federal grant by 20 percent. The primary use of the funding is for 0% or .01% loans to drinking water systems to fund vital water quality projects.

Community water systems and nonprofit non-community water systems are eligible to apply for DWSRLF funding. Projects that protect drinking water quality and public health are eligible for the DWSRLF, including new and replacement water sources, treatment, transmission and distribution lines, storage, supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, and infrastructure to interconnect or regionalize water systems. In addition to funding costs needed for project construction, the DWSRLF can also finance planning, design and associated pre-project costs, and land acquisition needed for locating project components.

Program Priorities:

• protection of public health;
• compliance with drinking water standards; and
• affordable access to drinking water.

To ensure the success of the program, NMFA and NMED partner to provide technical, managerial and financial assistance to water systems as well as low-cost loans.