Maura T. Healy Rebecca L. Tepper
Governor Secretary
Kimberly Driscoll Bonnie Heiple
Lieutenant Governor Commissioner
DRAFT 2024 INTENDED USE PLAN
For the
CLEAN WATER STATE REVOLVING FUND
December 27, 2023
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) is pleased to present
the DRAFT Calendar Year 2024 Intended Use Plan (IUP). The IUP details the projects,
borrowers, grant recipients, and amounts proposed for financing through the Clean Water State
Revolving Fund (CWSRF) program. The CWSRF is a joint federal-state financing program that
provides subsidized loans and grants to improve and protect water quality and public health in
the Commonwealth.
Massachusetts is proposing approximately $1 billion to finance clean water projects across the
Commonwealth. As noted in Table 1, approximately $901 million is being offered to finance 46
new construction projects, and $92.5 million is being offered to finance 5 previously approved
multi-year projects. Additionally, $3 million is allocated to the emergency set-aside account, $5
million is directed to the Community Septic Management Program (CSMP) to remediate failed
septic systems in participating communities, and $15 million is set aside to finance planning
projects in calendar year 2024. To encourage communities and public utilities to engage in
planning activities, MassDEP is accepting planning loan applications on a rolling basis while
funding is available.
The Massachusetts Clean Water Trust (Trust) and MassDEP recognize the value of Asset
Management Planning (AMP) to the long-term demand for water infrastructure financing. AMPs
help a water utility managers make informed decisions regarding the timing and location for
asset repairs, replacements, or rehabilitation. AMPs also help develop a long-term funding
strategy. In this manner, the utility can ensure its ability to deliver the required level of service
perpetually. Massachusetts is offering grants to communities interested in developing AMPs for
one or more of their water utilities. In calendar year 2024, forty-nine project proposals, estimated
at approximately $11.8 million, as shown in Table 2, are being offered grants totaling
approximately $6.4 million. Communities will receive 60% of the project cost, up to $150,000, as
a grant from the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust. The remaining costs may be funded by local
contributions of cash, or a combination of cash and in-kind services. All or part of the local
contribution may be financed by a loan from the Trust at the standard 2% interest rate for a term
of up to five years.
MassDEP is proposing to utilize $2 million of the CWSRF Emerging Contaminants Grant to begin
a study to assess PFAS concentrations at wastewater treatment plants.
2024 Highlights
• On November 15, 2021, President Biden signed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) that
provides two new federal grants through the CWSRF:
• Supplemental CWSRF Grant
• Emerging Contaminants Grant
These grants are being provided annually in 2022 and will continue through 2026. For fiscal
year 2024, Massachusetts expects to receive $77.2 million for the Supplemental CWSRF
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 Grant and $7.2 million for the CWSRF Emerging Contaminants Grant. The Supplemental
CWSRF Grant requires that Massachusetts provide $37.8 million, 49% of the total grant
amount as loan forgiveness to Disadvantaged Communities. The CWSRF Emerging
Contaminant Grant requires that the entire grant amount $7.2 million be provided as loan
forgiveness for any eligible project.
Using supplemental funds, Massachusetts anticipates being able to offer additional loan
forgiveness for eligible projects on the 2024 IUP. The additional loan forgiveness is
anticipated to be consistently applied to the IUPs covered under these new BIL federal grants
subject to funds availability. Refer to Section A of this IUP for more details. MassDEP, in
consultation with the Trust, may amend this IUP as necessary given that the United States
Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) continues to issue guidance to states on the
implementation of the expanded SRF program. The increased capacity in the 2024 IUP is
evidence of the additional BIL funding being utilized in Massachusetts. The SRF program
looks forward to financing more projects at a lower cost to communities throughout
Massachusetts.
Some of the key provisions of BIL include amendments to the Clean Water Act (CWSRF
Program):
• American Iron and Steel (AIS) – The AIS procurement requirement is permanent for
CWSRF treatment works projects going forward.
• Build America, Buy America (BABA) Act – BIL also expands domestic sourcing
requirements for CWSRF treatment works projects with the inclusion of the BABA Act.
Starting on May 14, 2022, all steel, iron, manufactured products, non-ferrous metals, plastic
and polymer-based products (including polyvinylchloride, composite building materials, and
polymers used in fiber optic cables), glass (including optic glass), lumber, and drywall used
in infrastructure projects for federal financial assistance programs must be produced in the
United States, unless (i) the SRF borrower has requested and obtained a waiver from the
USEPA pertaining to the Project or the Project is otherwise covered by a general applicability
waiver; or (ii) the MassDEP has otherwise advised the borrower in writing that the BABA
requirement is not applicable to the project. The Made in America Office at the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) has developed initial overarching implementation guidance:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/M-22-11.pdf. Additionally, the
USEPA issued an adjustment period waiver for projects that initiated planning design prior
to May 14, 2022, a small project applicability waiver for projects with SRF loans of $250,000
or less, and a De Minimis waiver: https://www.epa.gov/cwsrf/build-america-buy-america-
baba-approved-waivers. The USEPA issued BABA Implementation Procedures for EPA
Office of Water Federal Financial Assistance Programs which includes both CWSRF and
DWSRF programs on November 3, 2022, for details visit:
https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2022-11/OW-BABA-Implementation-
Procedures-Final-November-2022.pdf. Furthermore, on November 13, 2023, the USEPA
issued the Amended Public Interest Waiver for SRF projects that initiated design prior to May
14, 2022, for details visit: https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2023-11/epa-amend-
srf-design-planning-waiver.pdf.
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• BIL establishes an additional subsidy range of 10% to 30% for the annual CWSRF Base
Grant. While Congress also requires that states use 10% of the annual CWSRF
Capitalization Grant for additional subsidy, Massachusetts expects a Base Grant award of
approximately $25.5 million in 2024. Additional subsidy will be provided in the form of loan
forgiveness for communities that might otherwise be unable to afford to undertake a project.
MassDEP and the Trust will continue to provide loan forgiveness as a fixed percentage of
principal. Further details may be found in Section A of this IUP. Information about the Trust’s
Annual Affordability Calculation may be found on the following webpage:
https://www.mass.gov/info-details/the-disadvantaged-community-program#disadvantaged-
community-designation-(affordability-calculation)-and-loan-forgiveness-distribution- .
• The Trust is offering loan forgiveness for projects with a renewable energy component
regardless of Disadvantaged Community status.
• To better address specific state priorities, Section 302 of the 1996 Safe Drinking Water Act
Amendments, allow states the flexibility to move funds between the CWSRF and the Drinking
Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) programs. Massachusetts will transfer funds from the
CWSRF to the DWSRF program in the amount of $3.5 million (33% of the 2024 DWSRF
base grant amount of $10.6 million). BIL allows states the flexibility to move funds between
the CWSRF and the DWSRF programs. Massachusetts will transfer funds from the CWSRF
supplemental grant in the amount of $16.3 million representing 33% of the 2024 DWSRF
supplemental grant amount of $49.3 million. Due to great demand for PFAS remediation in
drinking water projects, Massachusetts will transfer $5.2 million of CWSRF Emerging
Contaminant supplemental funds to the DWSRF Emerging Contaminant program
representing nearly 33% of the DWSRF Emerging Contaminant grant amount. This transfer
will not adversely impact the CWSRF project financing in this IUP. Furthermore,
Massachusetts reserves authority of future transfers of supplemental BIL funds.
• To encourage communities and public utilities to engage in planning activities, MassDEP is
accepting planning loan applications on a rolling basis, while funding is available.
MassDEP appreciates the efforts that all project proponents have invested in the development of
project proposals and recognizes their intent to enhance and protect the quality of waters of the
Commonwealth.
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 TABLE 1
CLEAN WATER STATE REVOLVING FUND
Calendar Year 2024 CWSRF Draft Intended Use Plan
NEW PROJECTS
Rating Applicant SRF ID Project Project Cost 2024 IUP Cost
553 BARNSTABLE (PF)(SG) 16677 Nitrogen Removal Improv. & New Headworks Facility $155,265,000 $30,000,000
548 NEW BEDFORD (PF)# 16872 Wastewater Pumping Station Improvements $13,485,000 $13,485,000
547 BARNSTABLE (H)(PF) 16683 Route 28 West Sewer Expansion Project $59,650,000 $10,000,000
547 ROCKLAND (PF)(BG) 16871 Wastewater Treatment Facility Upgrades $21,500,000 $21,500,000
544 NEW BEDFORD (PF)# 16873 Wastewater Collection System Improvements $74,965,000 $17,515,000
543 BILLERICA (H)(PF)# 16802 Infiltration/Inflow Rehabilitation Project $1,586,500 $1,586,500
542 NANTUCKET (H)# 16693 Phase 2 Surfside WWTF Improvements $13,118,000 $13,118,000
541 HARWICH (PF) 16674 Harwich Routhe 28 Sewer Project $6,500,000 $6,500,000
540 FALL RIVER (PF)# 16727 Stafford Square Flood Mitigation $29,385,400 $25,720,000
540 HAVERHILL (PF)# 16876 Haverhill Locke Street Phase 1 $8,894,300 $8,894,300
540 MASHPEE (PF)(BG) 16791 Phase 2 Mashpee Treatment and Collection System $80,000,000 $50,000,000
540 REVERE (H)(PF)# 16729 Phase 15 Construction - I/I, IDDE, P.S. & Drainage $12,000,000 $12,000,000
540 FALL RIVER (PF)# 16710 Mothers Brook Sewer Replacement $24,280,000 $24,280,000
540 HAVERHILL (PF)# 16691 Locke Street Sewer Separation - Phase 2 $14,040,000 $14,040,000
540 BARNSTABLE (H)(PF) 16754 Phinney's Lane Neighborhoods Sewer Expansion $38,766,000 $10,000,000
539 SAUGUS (PF)# 16762 Comprehensive Sewer System Rehabilitation - 2 $2,480,495 $2,480,495
539 GLOUCESTER (H)(PF)(SG) 16775 WPCF Secondary Treatment and Facility Upgrades $205,972,280 $50,000,000
538 ACUSHNET (PF) 16709 CWMP Needs Area 2 Sewer Extension $15,000,000 $15,000,000
538 LOWELL (H)(PF)#(SG) 16760 Phase 1 Humphrey's Brook Area CSO Separation $23,000,000 $23,000,000
537 SANDWICH (PF) 16718 Sandwich High School WWTF Upgrades $9,100,000 $9,100,000
536 LAWRENCE (H)(PF)# 16712 Sewer and Drainage Improvements/ Contract 7 $9,251,000 $9,251,000
536 EASTON (H) 16851 Five Corners Needs Area - Secondary Pump Station $3,955,000 $3,955,000
536 HAVERHILL (PF)# 16711 Sewer System Improvements - CIPP Lining $2,345,000 $2,345,000
535 HAVERHILL (PF) 16761 WWTF and South Mill Street Pump Station Upgrades $54,710,000 $14,594,200
535 QUINCY (H)(PF)# 16753 FY25 Sewer & Drain Improvements $7,000,000 $7,000,000
534 DENNIS (PF) 16676 Phase 1 - WRRF and Collection System $188,600,000 $50,000,000
533 TYNGSBOROUGH (H)(PF) 16695 Phase 3 Sewer Extension & Sunset Park $22,165,374 $22,165,374
532 BILLERICA (H)(PF) 16724 Sewer Contract 38 $25,525,500 $25,525,500
532 FALMOUTH (PF) 16728 Falmouth TASA Phase 1 Collection and Recharge $41,300,000 $41,300,000
532 NEWTON (H) 16829 PCP Structural Stormwater Control Implementation $20,127,081 $20,127,081
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 531 NAHANT 16706 Sewer Collection System Repair & Replacement 2024 $24,471,000 $24,471,000
531 NORTH READING (H) 16801 North Reading Wastewater Collection System $113,600,000 $50,000,000
528 SWANSEA (PF) 16705 Route 6 Corridor Sewer Collection System $57,109,938 $57,109,938
528 SUDBURY (H) 16697 WWTF & Collection System Project $58,711,600 $50,000,000
526 WELLFLEET (H) 16854 95 Lawrence Wastewater Treatment and Collection $6,309,000 $6,309,000
524 QUINCY (H)(PF) 16779 Wollaston Stormwater Capacity Improvements Phase 1 $5,250,000 $5,250,000
523 BOSTON WATER AND SEWER 16690 East Boston Sewer Separation Phase IV $143,936,993 $50,000,000
COMMISSION (H)#
510 ACTON (H) 16800 Acton Great Road Sewer Project $21,475,000 $21,475,000
448 NEW BEDFORD (PF) 16864 WWTP Improvements $19,000,000 $19,000,000
437 PROVINCETOWN (H)# 16758 I-I and Sewer Redirects $974,000 $974,000
437 MARION 16785 Creek Road Pump Station Resiliency Improvements $3,350,000 $3,350,000
434 PROVINCETOWN (H) 16703 Provincetown Phase 6B Collection System Expansion $32,988,700 $32,988,700
434 HAVERHILL (PF) 16799 Closure of Northern Mound of Haverhill Landfill $10,126,500 $10,126,500
433 PROVINCETOWN (H) 16716 Jerome Smith Pump Station $848,000 $848,000
433 BILLERICA (H)(PF) 16868 Brown Street Force Main Rehabilitation/Replacement $14,655,198 $14,655,198
423 WELLFLEET (H) 16780 Wellfleet Enhanced I&A Septic System Program $448,800 $448,800
TOTAL OF NEW PROJECTS $1,697,221,659 $901,488,586
(Count: 46) (Average Rating: 518.63)
(BG) - Base Capitalization Grant
(D) - Dropped by Applicant
(H) - Housing Choice Communities
(PF) - Affordability Criteria
(RE) - Potential Renewable Energy Projects
(SG) - BIL CWSRF General Supplemental Grant
# - Projects contains Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy and/or meets EPA's definition of a
Green Project (https://www.epa.gov/greeningepa/energy-and-emissions-epa)
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MULTI-YEAR CARRYOVER AND STATUTORY PROJECTS
Applicant SRF ID Project Project Cost 2024 IUP Cost
LYNN WATER AND SEWER 7024 West Lynn Sewer Separation - Phases 3, 4, & 5 $68,833,914 $20,087,122
COMMISSION
MASSACHUSETTS WATER 6822 DITP Clarifier #2 $289,359,690 $1,000,000
RESOURCES AUTHORITY
MASSACHUSETTS WATER 4150 DITP Asset Protection Phase 3 $66,500,000 $1,000,000
RESOURCES AUTHORITY
WAREHAM (PF) 12430 WPCF Improvements - Phase 2 $36,450,000 $20,450,000
YARMOUTH (PF) 8349 Phase I - WRRF and Collection System $207,244,000 $50,000,000
TOTAL OF MULTI-YEAR CARRYOVER AND STATUTORY PROJECTS $668,387,604 $92,537,122
(Count: 5)
MassDEP PRIORITY PROJECTS
Applicant SRF ID Project Project Cost 2024 IUP Cost
COMMUNITY SEPTIC 3850 Community Septic Management Program $5,000,000 $5,000,000
MANAGEMENT
EMERGENCY