Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians

The Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) and Washington State Department of Health (DOH) are working to make the State Revolving Funds more accessible for Tribes to support efforts to improve or protect water quality. Ecology and DOH are interested in learning more about the funding sources your Tribe utilizes, potential barriers in accessing funding, and how data is shared to support funding applications. 


The Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds provide low-cost financing for water quality and drinking water infrastructure projects. Funding offers may include subsidy for small or economically distressed communities, including forgivable principal loans, grants, and/or reduced interest rates. As part of the process to award subsidy, Ecology and DOH rely on financial data for the communities or populations served by the project(s), such as median household income, annual utility costs, and cost of service per user or user utility rates. 


Ecology and DOH staff are available to provide technical assistance to Tribes. If you’d like to request technical assistance on a project, or to learn more about funding to support Tribal water projects from Ecology and DOH, you can learn more at: 

 

https://ecology.wa.gov/about-us/payments-contracts-grants/grants-loans/find-a-grant-or-loan/water-quality-combined  

 

https://doh.wa.gov/community-and-environment/drinking-water/water-system-assistance/drinking-water-state-revolving-fund-dwsrf 

 



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Question 1 of 7

What Tribe are you affiliated with?

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Question 2 of 7

For water-related projects, what funding sources does your Tribe utilize? What makes this/these funding source(s) easy to access? 


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Question 3 of 7

Are you familiar with the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) or Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF)?

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Question 4 of 7

Has your Tribe accessed funding from the Clean Water or Drinking Water State Revolving Fund? 

  • If yes, are there barriers you've experienced in accessing SRF funding? What are they?
  • If not, are there barriers preventing you from doing so?  What are they? 

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Question 5 of 7

Does your Tribe have a sewer system or large onsite sewage system?

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Does your Tribe charge users to pay for operation and maintenance of infrastructure? If not, how does your Tribe generally pay for this work?

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Question 7 of 7

How does your Tribe prefer to hear or learn about funding opportunities for infrastructure projects? 

Who is the contact for follow-up on these topics? 


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