The State Water Resources Control Board has a State Revolving Fund which provides 20-year loans at interest rates between 1.5 percent and 3.0 percent. The Eastern Municipal Water District will be seeking a pair of State Revolving Fund loans for the district’s Purified Water Replenishment Advanced Water Purification Facility.
A single 5-0 EMWD board vote on January 15 approved two separate resolutions authorizing State Revolving Fund loans for the project. One of those resolutions requests $50 million for the facility itself while the other resolution seeks $35 million for the project’s conveyance pipelines and blending facility.
The Eastern Municipal Water District's Groundwater Reliability Plus Program is intended to improve the quality and yield of water from the San Jacinto ground