05/02/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/02/2024 13:50
This investment is in addition to the $240 million(link is external) that the lawmakers announced last year for Maryland through both the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Programs, which also came in large part from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
"Lead pipes pose a serious threat to the health of our communities and are especially harmful to our most vulnerable: young children and older adults. We passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to fund priorities like this and boost our efforts to eliminate these dangerous pipes once and for all - including in areas that historically have been overlooked. With this investment, we're bringing clean, safe water to all our communities," said the lawmakers.
Created in 1996, the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund enables states to carry out critical water infrastructure improvement projects. In addition to replacing water pipes, funding from this program has also been used to improve drinking water treatment, construct or replace storage tanks, and implement other projects to protect public health.
In all, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act provides more than $50 billion to EPA over five years for programs like these to improve the nation's drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure - the single largest investment in water that the federal government has ever made.
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