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Why Texas Needs Federal Funding For Water Infrastructure
Why Texas Needs Federal Funding For Water Infrastructure
Why Texas Needs Federal Funding For Water Infrastructure
Texas’s Water Infrastructure Funding Gap: Federal contributions to Texas’s drinking water funding
Texas’s water needs outpace its current ability to fund efforts have decreased by 4.3 percent since the Drink-
projects by a large margin. ing Water SRF was implemented in fiscal 1997 and 28.7
percent when adjusted for inflation.7
For the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (SRF) pro-
gram, the state’s most recent Intended Use Plan lists 77 For the Clean Water State Revolving Fund program,
projects at a total cost of at least $451 million.5 In 2008, which goes toward wastewater infrastructure, the state’s
most recent Intended Use Plan lists 66 projects at a total
cost of $762 million.8 In 2008, the state received $31.1
million in federal funding9 – enough to finance 4.1 per-
cent of its needs.