News, Events, Training, Public Comment Opportunities Press Releases Interested in knowing when the next State Water Infrastructure Authority meeting is scheduled or when the next funding application is due? Click the press release button on the right to stay up-to-date on the latest division news. Press Releases Water Infrastructure News, Meetings, Events and Training Sessions NEWS: State Announces Record $789.4M for Drinking Water and Wastewater Project Funding Statewide News: Funding Awards Map of July 2022 Funded Projects Funding awards from all other funding rounds since the State Water Infrastructure Authority's initial funding round in 2014 are listed at: https://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-infrastructure/state-water-inf…. NEWS: Division of Water Infrastructure Receives Record Number of Applications for Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Funding Funding Round Included the First Availability of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Funds The Spring 2022 application period closed with a record number of applications and more than $3.1 billion in requests for water and wastewater infrastructure funding. The 649 submitted applications represent water and wastewater infrastructure needs across the state, with utilities in 95 of North Carolina’s 100 counties requesting funding. The funding offered in this round is a portion of the $1.69 billion appropriated by the North Carolina General Assembly from the state’s allocation of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). Additional details are available in the Division’s ARPA Administration Plan. NEWS: State Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Plan to Administer American Rescue Plan Act's Funding for Stormwater Projects https://deq.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2022/05/04/state-seeks-public-co… Proposed ARPA Stormwater Funding Plan Public Comment Period: May 4 - June 3, 2022. Public Comment Period closed at 5:00 p.m. on June 3, 2022. PowerPoint from May 18, 2022 ARPA Stormwater Webinar: https://deq.nc.gov/media/29220/download?attachment The NC DEQ Division of Water Infrastructure will administer approximately $82 million for stormwater projects through its competitive funding process from the newly-created Local Assistance for Stormwater Infrastructure Investments fund. Funds are available for cities and counties and their regional councils of government and nonprofit entity partners for projects that will improve or create infrastructure for controlling stormwater quantity and quality. NEWS: PowerPoint from ARPA Stormwater Funding Listening Session PowerPoint Presentation from Listening Sesions: Stormwater Funding Priorities- Listening Sessions NEWS: Division of Water Infrastructure ARPA Administration Plan Recording (at YouTube link, below) of Webinar on ARPA Administration Plan and Spring 2022 Applications for Funding: https://youtu.be/1XX_xoc47kQ PowerPoint Presentation from Webinar on ARPA Administration Plan and Spring 2022 Applications 2022 State Water Infrastructure Authority (SWIA) Meetings Feb. 9, 2022 March 9, 2022 April 13-14, 2022 July 13-14, 2022 Oct. 12, 2022 SWIA Viable Utility Committee Meeting Sept. 14, 2022 Next meeting: Dec. 14, 2022 National articles/news about the Division of Water Infrastructure: March 2021: Article from "Southern Cities" Magazine, a publication of the N. C. League of Municipalities: Utility Regionalization June 2020: From "Circle of Blue", a national water news service: North Carolina in early stages of financial review, sees potentially large number of distressed water systems October 2019: Read about small community sewer system finances and systems at risk in this story featured in the national water news service "Circle of Blue". (Includes quotes from NC Division of Water Infrastructure Director Kim Colson.) https://weserve-funded Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Projects: https://deq.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2021/10/11/deq-accepting-public-…ww.circleofblue.org/2019/world/leaky-sewers-plunge-small-north-carolina-towns-into-financial-crisis/?mc_cid=ae8a0e38b5&mc_eid=97d4d1113 June 2019: Read about the post-hurricane challenges facing small towns in NC in this story featured in "Circle of Blue". (Includes quotes from NC Division of Water Infrastructure Director Kim Colson.) Post-hurricane life for small town is difficult, with relentless challenges that try the patience, budgets and energy of town leaders and residents. A recent series of stories written by Brett Walton featured in the national water news service Circle of Blue captured post-hurricane life for the Town of Fair Bluff, one of the hardest hit by two recent hurricanes. The story on aging sewer systems features quotes from Division of Water infrastructure director Kim Colson. DWI has conducted a pilot study, featuring Fair Bluff, with implications for helping small towns statewide after severe storms and other challenges. Check out the story, which includes links to the series and a related photo gallery, here: Aging Sewer System Imperils North Carolina Town's Finances. December 2016: Water Finance and Management Journal: "The Managerial Maestro Behind North Carolina’s Innovative Water Financing Model" News about "North Carolina's Statewide Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Master Plan: The Road to Viability" November 2019: Article featured in the monthly magazine of the NC League of Municipalities, "Southern City", by Francine Durso and Kim Colson: "North Carolina's Statewide Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Master Plan: The Road to Viability" April 2019: Article featured in the the national Journal of the American Water Works Association by Francine Durso (Senior Project Manager), J. D. Solomon (former State Water Infrastructure Authority member), and Kim Colson (Director, Division of Water Infrastructure): "North Carolina's Bold Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Plan" Summer 2018: NC Rural Water Association's "The Tarheel Pipeline": (See pages 30 - 34, "North Carolina's Statewide Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Master Plan: The Road to Viability") Spring 2017: NC Currents [the official publication of the NC Section of the American Water Works Association (NC AWWA) and the NC Member Association of the Water Environment Federation (NCWEA)]: (See pages 34 - 37, Funding and the Value of Water- "NC's Statewide Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Master Plan") December 2016: Water Finance and Management Journal: "The Managerial Maestro Behind North Carolina’s Innovative Water Financing Model" Mailing List To automatically receive funding announcements via email along with other information on financial, administrative, and management issues concerning drinking water and wastewater utilities, consider joining the NC Water Listserv administered by the UNC Environmental Finance Center.
News, Events, Training, Public Comment Opportunities Press Releases Interested in knowing when the next State Water Infrastructure Authority meeting is scheduled or when the next funding application is due? Click the press release button on the right to stay up-to-date on the latest division news. Press Releases Water Infrastructure News, Meetings, Events and Training Sessions NEWS: State Announces Record $789.4M for Drinking Water and Wastewater Project Funding Statewide News: Funding Awards Map of July 2022 Funded Projects Funding awards from all other funding rounds since the State Water Infrastructure Authority's initial funding round in 2014 are listed at: https://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-infrastructure/state-water-inf…. NEWS: Division of Water Infrastructure Receives Record Number of Applications for Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Funding Funding Round Included the First Availability of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Funds The Spring 2022 application period closed with a record number of applications and more than $3.1 billion in requests for water and wastewater infrastructure funding. The 649 submitted applications represent water and wastewater infrastructure needs across the state, with utilities in 95 of North Carolina’s 100 counties requesting funding. The funding offered in this round is a portion of the $1.69 billion appropriated by the North Carolina General Assembly from the state’s allocation of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). Additional details are available in the Division’s ARPA Administration Plan. NEWS: State Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Plan to Administer American Rescue Plan Act's Funding for Stormwater Projects https://deq.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2022/05/04/state-seeks-public-co… Proposed ARPA Stormwater Funding Plan Public Comment Period: May 4 - June 3, 2022. Public Comment Period closed at 5:00 p.m. on June 3, 2022. PowerPoint from May 18, 2022 ARPA Stormwater Webinar: https://deq.nc.gov/media/29220/download?attachment The NC DEQ Division of Water Infrastructure will administer approximately $82 million for stormwater projects through its competitive funding process from the newly-created Local Assistance for Stormwater Infrastructure Investments fund. Funds are available for cities and counties and their regional councils of government and nonprofit entity partners for projects that will improve or create infrastructure for controlling stormwater quantity and quality. NEWS: PowerPoint from ARPA Stormwater Funding Listening Session PowerPoint Presentation from Listening Sesions: Stormwater Funding Priorities- Listening Sessions NEWS: Division of Water Infrastructure ARPA Administration Plan Recording (at YouTube link, below) of Webinar on ARPA Administration Plan and Spring 2022 Applications for Funding: https://youtu.be/1XX_xoc47kQ PowerPoint Presentation from Webinar on ARPA Administration Plan and Spring 2022 Applications 2022 State Water Infrastructure Authority (SWIA) Meetings Feb. 9, 2022 March 9, 2022 April 13-14, 2022 July 13-14, 2022 Oct. 12, 2022 SWIA Viable Utility Committee Meeting Sept. 14, 2022 Next meeting: Dec. 14, 2022 National articles/news about the Division of Water Infrastructure: March 2021: Article from "Southern Cities" Magazine, a publication of the N. C. League of Municipalities: Utility Regionalization June 2020: From "Circle of Blue", a national water news service: North Carolina in early stages of financial review, sees potentially large number of distressed water systems October 2019: Read about small community sewer system finances and systems at risk in this story featured in the national water news service "Circle of Blue". (Includes quotes from NC Division of Water Infrastructure Director Kim Colson.) https://weserve-funded Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Projects: https://deq.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2021/10/11/deq-accepting-public-…ww.circleofblue.org/2019/world/leaky-sewers-plunge-small-north-carolina-towns-into-financial-crisis/?mc_cid=ae8a0e38b5&mc_eid=97d4d1113 June 2019: Read about the post-hurricane challenges facing small towns in NC in this story featured in "Circle of Blue". (Includes quotes from NC Division of Water Infrastructure Director Kim Colson.) Post-hurricane life for small town is difficult, with relentless challenges that try the patience, budgets and energy of town leaders and residents. A recent series of stories written by Brett Walton featured in the national water news service Circle of Blue captured post-hurricane life for the Town of Fair Bluff, one of the hardest hit by two recent hurricanes. The story on aging sewer systems features quotes from Division of Water infrastructure director Kim Colson. DWI has conducted a pilot study, featuring Fair Bluff, with implications for helping small towns statewide after severe storms and other challenges. Check out the story, which includes links to the series and a related photo gallery, here: Aging Sewer System Imperils North Carolina Town's Finances. December 2016: Water Finance and Management Journal: "The Managerial Maestro Behind North Carolina’s Innovative Water Financing Model" News about "North Carolina's Statewide Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Master Plan: The Road to Viability" November 2019: Article featured in the monthly magazine of the NC League of Municipalities, "Southern City", by Francine Durso and Kim Colson: "North Carolina's Statewide Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Master Plan: The Road to Viability" April 2019: Article featured in the the national Journal of the American Water Works Association by Francine Durso (Senior Project Manager), J. D. Solomon (former State Water Infrastructure Authority member), and Kim Colson (Director, Division of Water Infrastructure): "North Carolina's Bold Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Plan" Summer 2018: NC Rural Water Association's "The Tarheel Pipeline": (See pages 30 - 34, "North Carolina's Statewide Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Master Plan: The Road to Viability") Spring 2017: NC Currents [the official publication of the NC Section of the American Water Works Association (NC AWWA) and the NC Member Association of the Water Environment Federation (NCWEA)]: (See pages 34 - 37, Funding and the Value of Water- "NC's Statewide Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Master Plan") December 2016: Water Finance and Management Journal: "The Managerial Maestro Behind North Carolina’s Innovative Water Financing Model" Mailing List To automatically receive funding announcements via email along with other information on financial, administrative, and management issues concerning drinking water and wastewater utilities, consider joining the NC Water Listserv administered by the UNC Environmental Finance Center.
