Source: NCDENR, 1/19/16

The State Water Infrastructure Authority, or SWIA, will meet at 9:00 a.m. Jan. 21, 2016 at the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center, located at 4021 Carya Drive in Raleigh, N.C. The meeting is open to the public.

The meeting agenda includes:
• Review of Applications Received for Sept. 30, 2015 Funding Round: Community Development Block Grant-Infrastructure (CDBG-I), Drinking Water State Revolving Fund and Clean Water State Revolving Fund
• Funding Decisions for Sept. 30, 2015 Funding Round (Action Items) for the Community Development Block Grant –I, Clean Water State Revolving Fund, and the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
• Affordability criteria
• State Project Grant Priority System Update
• Asset Inventory and Assessment Grant
• Merger/Regionalization Feasibility Grant

A full meeting agenda is posted on the N. C. Division of Water Infrastructure’s website at http://portal.ncdenr.org/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=855bfcbf-04ed-4a5e-a9ce-4038270c0036&groupId=14655572 .
Times indicated on the agenda are guidelines.

The SWIA is an independent body with primary responsibility for awarding federal and state funding for water and wastewater infrastructure projects. Other responsibilities include developing a state water infrastructure master plan, recommending ways to maximize the use of available loan and grant funding resources, and examining best and emerging practices.
Additional information is available at http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wi/authority.