2025 Intended Use Plan (IUP)

2025 DRAFT Intended Use Plan for the Base, Supplemental & Emerging Contaminant Capitalization Grants – View or download (PDF)

• 2025 DWSRF Cover Letter to All Interested Parties (PDF)

 

About the Intended Use Plan

Drinking water Base, Supplemental, and Emerging Contaminant Capitalization grants are administered pursuant to the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF), a State-operated program that provides funding to public water systems throughout Maine to improve or replace water system pipes, treatment plants, storage tanks, and sources of water. Funding for drinking water infrastructure improvement projects is available as low interest loans. Disadvantaged Community Water Systems may receive further assistance through principal forgiveness.

A portion of the DWSRF is used to fund non-construction projects that help improve and protect drinking water quality in Maine. These funding options include grants for source water and wellhead protection, system asset security, capacity development, and land acquisition.

The Intended Use Plan is one portion of the documentation necessary for the State to obtain these grants from the federal government. It outlines how Maine proposes to utilize grants to fund capital improvement projects and non-project activities (set-asides), and outlines the terms of all financial assistance offered by the Program.

If you have questions about the 2025 IUP or Maine's DWSRF Program, please contact McKenzie Parker:  Email or phone (207) 557-2255.

Updated 4/30/2025