The Obama Administration released its FY2015 budget request today, which proposes $500 million in cuts to the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund programs. The budget proposes funding the CWSRF and DWSRF at $1.018 billion and $757 million, respectively. This constitutes $350 million to the CWSRF and $150 million to the DWSRF over last year’s funding levels.Overall, the budget request proposes $7.9 billion for the Environmental Protection Agency, $300 million below the $8.2 billion Congress appropriated to the agency for FY2014. Click here for a chart that compares proposed discretionary spending levels for EPA's water programs from FY2012
FY2015 Budget Proposal Slashes Water Infrastructure Funding
The National Association of Clean Water Agencies responds to the Obama Administration's proposed budget.
