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EPA Partnered with USDA to Improve Low-Income Wastewater Infrastructure

Last updated:

August 2, 2022

Statute

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

Agencies

EPA, USDA

Actions

Other

EPA announced a new partnership with USDA, the Closing America’s Wastewater Access Gap Community Initiative, that uses funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to provide technical and financial support to improve wastewater infrastructure for “some of America’s most underserved communities.”