Other Funding Sources

For more information on funding opportunities for drinking water or wastewater systems, visit www.epa.ohio.gov/ofa, or call DEFA at (614) 644-2798. Most funders will address your planning, design or construction needs. We recommend that you contact each funder to discuss your project before applying for financial assistance. 

Ohio Water Development Authority (OWDA):

To provide financial assistance for environmental infrastructure from the sale of municipal revenue bonds through loans to local governments in Ohio and from issuance of industrial revenue bonds for qualified projects in Ohio.

Rural Community Assistance Partnership (RCAP):

Assistance for water infrastructure for rural, Native American and tribal communities to provide resources they need to obtain the quality of life they want and to meet the requirements of federal laws and regulations. "RCAP's Water and Wastewater Funding Grid for Ohio"[PDF]

Ohio Public Works Commission (OPWC):

Administers the State Capital Improvement Program which provides loan assistance to municipalities for water and wastewater infrastructure. 

Community Development Block Grant (CDBG):

The primary statutory objective of the CDBG program is to develop viable communities by providing decent housing and a suitable living environment and by expanding economic opportunities, principally for persons of low- and moderate-income. 

USEPA State and Tribal Assistance Grant (STAG):

An earmark appropriation by the USEPA for communities and other localities in the US to fund water supply and wastewater treatment projects.

Small Communities Environmental Infrastructure Group (SCEIG):

The Small Communities Environmental Infrastructure Group (SCEIG) is an association of federal and state agencies, local governments and groups, service organizations, and educational institutions designed to help small communities in meeting their environmental infrastructure needs. 

Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC):

The Appalachian Regional Commission is a federal-state partnership that works with the people of Appalachia to create opportunities for self-sustaining economic development and improved quality of life.
 

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