One time or recurring opportunity?:
One time
Responsible Organization:
Division of Water Infrastructure
Application Criteria:
Comprehensive narratives
Documentation to support comprehensive narratives
Priority rating system score sheet
Affordability or handwritten affordability calculations
Financial information form
Current water and sewer rate sheets
Fund transfer certification
Application resolution by governing body
Rolling/ Fixed Deadline:
Fixed
Single or Multiple Deadlines?:
Multiple
Period of Performance :
All funds spent within 5 years or by December 2031 (whichever comes first)
Who's Eligible?:
- Nonprofits
- Nonprofit Water/Wastewater Corporations
- Units of local government
Additional detail on uses:
These loans are with zero interest with 100% principal forgiveness.
Projects that improve the resilience of decentralized wastewater treatment systems to flooding, assess the potential to connect homes served by decentralized wastewater treatment systems to centralized wastewater treatment systems, or to fund such connections. Access to Repair/replacement of decentralized wastewater treatment systems.
Detail on who is eligible: Any local government unit (LGU), non-profit water/wastewater corporations and Community Development Finance Institutions or Nonprofits that provide financing assistance to homeowners to repair or replace DWTS in NC.
Award Maximum:
TBD, based on applications received
Total funding available:
$22 million
Award Selection Criteria:
Each application includes a priority rating form that assists the Division in evaluating the proposed project in terms of prioritization established by the State Water Infrastructure Authority.
After the deadline for each funding round, the Division reviews all applications and assigns priority rating points as described in the guidance based on information provided in the application.
The Division ranks the projects in priority point order and presents this information to the State Water Infrastructure Authority.
Specific Compliance Requirements:
SRF federal crosscutter requirements apply, including Engineering Report approval, Environmental Review, federal and state procurement requirements, American Iron and Steel requirements, Davis-Bacon Wage requirements, etc. Crosscutters will be applicable to the entire project. Build America, Buy America (BABA) Act requirements do not apply to SA-HMW funds.
Procurement:
Federal and state law procurement