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Loan Capacity Update
Due to continued high demand for financial assistance, loan capacity limitations may impact State Fiscal Year 2026 CWFP and SDWLP applications. For more information, go to our Loan Capacity webpage.
2026
June 2026 Newsletter 6/26/2026
- Online System Access And Authorization Reminders
- Updated Online Authorization Certificate Available
- Floodplain Mapping Notice For The Safe Drinking Water Loan Program Environmental Review
- Market Rates For July 1
- Upcoming Deadlines And Events
Draft Intended Use Plan Published For Clean Water Fund Program For State Fiscal Year 2027 6/4/2026
May 2026 Newsletter 5/26/2026
- Webinar For The State Fiscal Year 2027 Lead Service Line Replacement Program
- Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Office Hours
- The Future Of Funding After BIL/IIJA
- EIF Tips To Prevent Financial Fraud
- Dave Calhoon’s Retirement
- Katherine Miller’s Retirement
- Upcoming Deadlines And Events
Draft Intended Use Plan Published For Safe Drinking Water Loan Program For State Fiscal Year 2027 4/23/2026
April 2026 Newsletter 4/17/2026
- Market Rate Decrease Effective April 1
- Discount Rate For Cost-Effective Analysis
- New Construction Management Engineer, Alex Jaromin
- Upcoming Deadlines And Events
Project Priority List Published For Clean Water Fund Program For State Fiscal Year 2027 3/30/2026
March 2026 Newsletter 3/18/2026
- Environmental Loans Is Now Using Docusign
- Davis-Bacon Guidance Updated
- DNR-Sponsored Free Online Training In Water Utility Management
- Upcoming Deadlines And Events
EIF May 1, 2026 Debt Service Payment Collection Cycle 2/24/2026
February 2026 Newsletter 2/20/2026
- Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Updates
- State Fiscal Year 2027 Principal Forgiveness Data Available
- 2025 Financial Audit Reminder
- Upcoming Deadlines And Events
January 2026 Newsletter 1/21/2026
- Responses To Public Comments On State Fiscal Year 2026 Clean Water Fund Program Draft Intended Use Plan Available
- Amended Safe Drinking Water Loan Program State Fiscal Year 2026 Intended Use Plan Published
- Guidelines For When Construction Commences Before Applying For CWFP Or SDWLP Financial Assistance
- Prepare Now For State Fiscal Year 2027 Application Submittals
- Submit Facilities Plan By End Of March 2026 For State Fiscal Year 2027 Clean Water Funding
- Plan Reviews For State Fiscal Year 2027 Safe Drinking Water Funding
- Upcoming Deadlines And Events
Funding List Published For Clean Water Fund Program For State Fiscal Year 2026 1/8/2026
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2025
Final Funding List Published For Safe Drinking Water Loan Program For State Fiscal Year 2026 12/22/2025
December 2025 Newsletter 12/17/2025
- Market Rate Decrease Effective Jan. 1
- Cybersecurity For SRF-Funded Projects
- Charlie Cameron's Retirement
- Upcoming Deadlines And Events
Funding List Published for Lead Service Line Replacement Program For State Fiscal Year 2026 12/10/2025
November 2025 Newsletter 11/20/2025
- State Fiscal Year 2026 Loan Capacity Updates
- Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding Update
- Annual Reports Available For State Fiscal Year 2025
- Available Lead Service Line Replacement Outreach Funding
- Reminder: Submit Water Rate Case Applications To PSC
- 2026 Disbursement Schedule With 12-Month Calendar Available
- Welcome Two New Loan Project Managers, Emily Martorano And Dan Olson
- Upcoming Deadlines And Events
Draft Funding List Published For Safe Drinking Water Loan Program For State Fiscal Year 2026 11/18/2025
Cybersecurity For Municipalities 10/22/2025
Lead Service Line Replacement Program State Fiscal Year 2026 Draft Priority List Published 10/9/2025
October 2025 Newsletter 10/2/2025
- Reminder: Market Rate Increase Effective Oct. 1
- 2024 Financial And Single Audit Reminders
- Environmental Improvement Fund Nov. 1, 2025 Debt Service Payment – Invoice
- Updated Request For Disbursement Form Available
- Federal Equivalency Updates
- Wastewater Facility Plan Reminders
- Get MyWisconsin ID Before Submittal Deadline
- Authorization Certificates Due Oct. 17
- State Fiscal Year 2027 Intents To Apply For Lead Service Line Projects
- Welcome New Loan Project Manager, Katherine Burk
- Upcoming Deadlines And Events
Final Intended Use Plan Published For Clean Water Fund Program For State Fiscal Year 2026 9/29/2025
Final Intended Use Plan Published For Safe Drinking Water Loan Program For State Fiscal Year 2026 9/9/2025
New Market Interest Rates 9/9/2025
August 2025 Newsletter 8/14/2025
- Manganese Projects Eligible For Safe Drinking Water Emerging Contaminants Funding
- 2024 Financial And Single Audit Reminder
- New Construction Before Application Guide
- State Fiscal Year 2027 ITA/PERF Online System Available
- Get MyWisconsin ID Before Submittal Deadline
- Meja Maka Retired
- Upcoming Deadlines And Events
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July 2025 Newsletter 7/23/2025
- State Fiscal Year 2026 Principal Forgiveness Data Finalized
- Emerging Contaminants Funding For Clean Water Fund Program Projects
- Upcoming Deadlines And Events
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Reminder: Environmental Loans Online Systems Are Live With MyWisconsin ID! 6/23/2025
June 2025 Newsletter 6/17/2025
- 2024 Financial Audit Reminder
- Reminder: Market Rate Increase Effective July 1
- Responses To Public Comments On State Fiscal Year 2026 Safe Drinking Water Loan Program Draft Intended Use Plan Available
- Change To New Two-Pass Allocation For Lead Service Line Principal Forgiveness
- Changes To Lead Service Line Replacement Program Priority Scoring Criteria And Form
- Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Form Updated
- Welcome, Jenny Kilps
- Upcoming Deadlines And Events
- Newsletter Sign Up
MyWisconsin ID And Multi-Factor Authentication Are Here For DNR Environmental Loans Online Systems 6/12/2025
New Market And Interest Rates 6/6/2025
Draft Intended Use Plan Published For Clean Water Fund Program For State Fiscal Year 2026 6/5/2025
May 2025 Newsletter 5/23/2025
- Postponed: The DNR’s Environmental Loans Online Systems Switch From WAMS To MyWisconsin ID
- 2024 Financial Audit Reminder
- DNR Publishes Lead Service Line Replacement Program Final Funding List For State Fiscal Year 2025
- Contact the Construction Management Engineer At Least One Week Before Scheduling Preconstruction Meeting
- Staff Change: Michelle Brietzman Retired
- Upcoming Deadlines And Events
Webinar For The State Fiscal Year 2026 Lead Service Line Replacement Program 4/28/2025
Project Priority List Published For Safe Drinking Water Loan Program For State Fiscal Year 2026 4/18/2025
- Note: Lead service line projects with an ITA submittal have been published without priority scores on a list that is separate from the regular SDWLP PPL. The BIL-Funded Lead Service Line Replacement Program Intent To Apply List was published at the same time as the SDWLP PPL.
April 2025 Newsletter 4/18/2025
- EIF May 1 Debt Service Invoices
- Requirement Reminder: Identify Green Project Reserve Costs
- Update New Municipal Officials' Contact Information
- New Noon Submittal Deadline For Disbursement Requests
- Upcoming Deadlines And Events
Draft Intended Use Plan Published For Safe Drinking Water Loan Program For State Fiscal Year 2026 4/8/2025
March 2025 Newsletter 3/20/2025
- Market Rate Unchanged
- State Fiscal Year 2026 Principal Forgiveness Data Available
- Prepare Now For State Fiscal Year 2026 Application Submittals
- DNR Announces New Webpage For BIL-Funded Lead Service Line Replacement Program
- DNR Announces New Webpage For Safe Drinking Water Loan Program Environmental Review Public Notices
- Signatures Required On Contractor’s Application And Certification For Payment
- Upcoming Deadlines And Events
Project Priority List Published For Clean Water Fund Program For State Fiscal Year 2026 3/14/2025
January 2025 Newsletter 1/31/2025
- Rescission Of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Signage Requirement
- Important Update: Increased Single Audit Threshold
- Submit Facilities Plan By End Of March 2025 For State Fiscal Year 2026 Clean Water Funding
- Plan Reviews For State Fiscal Year 2026 Safe Drinking Water Funding
- Available Lead Service Line Replacement Outreach Funding
- Suzy Hasheider Is New Policy Analyst For Safe Drinking Water Loan Program
- Upcoming Deadlines And Events
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2024
Final Funding List Published For Safe Drinking Water Loan Program For State Fiscal Year 2025 12/20/2024
December 2024 Newsletter 12/20/2024
- Disbursement Schedule Changes For January 2025
- Market Rate Unchanged
- Coming Soon – MyWisconsin ID And Multi-Factor Authentication For The Environmental Loans’ Online Systems
- Reminder – Street Reconstruction Cost Policy Effects The State Fiscal Year 2025 Applications
- Timeframe For State Fiscal Year 2025 Final Funding Lists
- Timeframe For State Fiscal Year 2026 Project Priority Lists
- Upcoming Deadlines And Events
- Loan Project Manager Recruitment
Funding List Published For Clean Water Fund Program For State Fiscal Year 2025 12/12/2024
November 2024 Newsletter 11/19/2024
- New Taxable Bond Market Rate
- Davis-Bacon Applicability Changes For Lead Service Line Replacement Projects Using A Prequalified List
- Final 2024 Loan Disbursement Date And Deadline
- Upcoming Deadlines And Events
- Staff Change: Dee Surillo Resigned
- Loan Project Manager Recruitment
September 2024 Newsletter 9/17/2024
- New Market Rate Effective Oct. 1
- Upcoming Deadlines And Events
- New Transfer Option For Disbursements
- Online System Access And Authorization Reminders
August 2024 Newsletter 8/20/2024
- Upcoming Deadlines And Events
- Loan Capacity Updates
- State Fiscal Year 2026 ITA/PERF Online System Available (Notice Of Intent To Apply/Priority Evaluation and Ranking Formula)
- Reminder To Submit Photo Of Installed BIL Sign By Second Disbursement Request
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Launches Interactive Map Of State Revolving Fund Projects
Clean Water Fund Program State Fiscal Year 2025 Draft Intended Use Plan Open For Comment 7/23/2024
July 2024 Newsletter 7/23/2024
- Upcoming Deadlines And Events
- Disbursement Submittal Reminder
- Online System Access And Authorization Reminders
- State Fiscal Year 2025 Principal Forgiveness Data Finalized
- 2023 Annual Drinking Water Report Available
- Updated Build America, Buy America (BABA) And Davis-Bacon Applicability For Lead Service Line Replacement Projects
June 2024 Newsletter 6/20/2024
- New Market Rate Effective July 1
- Upcoming Deadlines And Events
- 2023 Financial Audit Reminder
- Revised Land Ownership And Easements Documentation Requirements
- Recording And Slides Available For State Fiscal Year 2025 Safe Drinking Water Loan Program Draft Intended Use Plan Webinar
- Welcome Two New Loan Project Managers: Cameron Batchelor and Dan Noreika
Street Reconstruction Cost Policy Finalized 6/4/2024
Safe Drinking Water Loan Program State Fiscal Year 2025 Draft Intended Use Plan Open For Comment 5/15/2024
May 2024 Newsletter 5/9/2024
- State Fiscal Year 2025 Safe Drinking Water Loan Program Project Priority List Published
- Upcoming Deadlines And Events
- State Fiscal Year 2025 Applications Must Follow New Codes
- Design Life Calculation Worksheet Is Required For All Projects
- Unique Entity ID (SAM) Update
- New Environmental Review Requirement For Safe Drinking Water Loan Program
- Build America, Buy America (BABA) Applicability In The Lead Service Line Replacement Program
- Current Discount Rate For Cost-Effective Analysis
- Asset Management Training For Wastewater Systems
Don’t Fall Victim: Tips To Prevent Email Fraud 5/6/2024
Project Priority List Published For Clean Water Fund Program For State Fiscal Year 2025 4/18/2024
March 2024 Newsletter 3/18/2024 - new format
- Upcoming Deadlines And Events
- Market Rate Unchanged
- Schedule Loan Payments In Advance
- Street Reconstruction Policy Available For Public Comment
- What Is The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Signage Requirement?
- IRS Exempts Lead Service Line Replacement From Federal Taxes
- Loan Capacity
- Intent To Apply Notice Deadline Extended For State Fiscal Year 2025 Lead Service Line Projects Only
- State Fiscal Year 2025 Principal Forgiveness Data Available
- Submit Facility Plans Now
- Online System Access And Authorization Reminders
Volume 13 Issue 01 1/25/2024
- Time Frame for State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2025 Project Priority Lists (PPLs)
- Alternative Revenue Pledge Option for Private Lead Service Line (LSL) Replacement Projects
- Jeanne Cargill Retired
- New Staff to Help Your Community Access Funding
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