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July 17, 2025

The Tennessee State Revolving Fund Loan Program and State Water Infrastructure Grants Program will be accepting applications from August 1 – August 30, 2025 for grants and loans addressing Emerging Contaminants, Lead Service Lines, and Asset Management Plans. TDEC will host a webinar on August 6, 2025 (9:00-11:30am CDT) for interested parties to explain the funding opportunities and demonstrate the application process.

Solicitation

August 6, 2025 - SRF & SWIG August 2025 Funding Opportunities Webinar Recording

August 4, 2025

Thank you to those who provided comments for our Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Lead Service Lines and Emerging Contaminants Intended Use Plans for State Fiscal Year 2025.

TDEC Response to Comments

March 21, 2025

The Tennessee State Revolving Fund Program opened up the 2025 solicitation for loan requests on February 6, 2025 and hosted a workshop for interested parties to assist with the application process. Below is the Recording from the February 25 workshop on SRF GMS Questionnaire Walkthrough (Drinking Water and Clean Water Projects).

SRF Awards Universities Practical Research Funds Addressing Emerging Contaminants

The state is actively exploring all avenues to utilize crucial BIL funding to detect and address a variety of emerging contaminants, aiming to safeguard drinking water and reduce pollutants in wastewater discharges. As part of this initiative, the SRF program has brought together a consortium of universities from the Smokey Mountains to the Mississippi River. These academic researchers are eager to collaborate with utility partners to tackle these pressing challenges. The SRF program is using BIL EC cap grant funding, designated for technical assistance, to support the work of three universities:

Tennessee Technological University - Development of Rapid and Cost-efficient Procedure for Monitoring Toxic Cyanobacteria in Tennessee Surface Waters / $406,253.00

Tennessee Technological University - Microplastics from Tennessee's Wastewater Treatment Plants into Receiving Streams: An Infrastructural and Operational Perspective / $328,440.00

Vanderbilt University (Human and Organizational Development/Drinking Water Justice Lab) - PFAS Risk in Tennessee Drinking Water Supply: A Data-Driven Risk-Informed Approach to Identify Communities At-Risk to PFAS Exposure / $352,944.43

The consortium continues to grow as more universities express interest in joining the conversation. They meet quarterly to discuss challenges and explore solutions for small systems managing or preventing emerging contaminants in drinking water and wastewater systems.

For more information on these grants or our efforts to combat emerging contaminants in the SRF program, please e-mail Christopher.S.Marlow@tn.gov.