Brady PieperNew York is announcing more than $175 million in grants and loans to support water and sewer infrastructure projects throughout the state.
The Environmental Facilities Corporation (EFC) Board of Directors is authorizing the new funding, in the form of low-cost financing, to advance shovel-ready projects that improve residents’ reliable access to clean drinking water. The board’s approval will also push existing grants out the door while improving critical water and sewer systems throughout the state.
The funding will be sourced from the state’s Water Infrastructure Improvement program and the Clean Water and Drinking Water Revolving Funds, which leverage state and federal dollars for local and regional water infrastructure projects. The combination of funds provides municipalities with increased financial flexibility, below-market interest rates and long-term repayment periods that can save communities money on debt service.
This round of grants and financing will support projects across the state, including various initiatives in central New York, Finger Lakes, Mid-Hudson, Mohawk Valley, North Country, Southern Tier and western New York regions. The highest-funded of these projects, funding allocations and construction activities are listed below:
- Village of Sylvan Beach – $51.1 million in grants and financing for upgrades to the East Oneida Lake Water Pollution Control Plant. The funding will support planning, design and construction activities.
- Village of Naples – $22.2 million in grants and financing to plan, design and construct new sanitary sewers and expand a wastewater treatment plant.
- City of Port Jervis – $20 million in grants and financing to replace water meters and rehabilitate sanitary sewers.
- Village of Malone – $14 million in grants and financing to install over 5,000 linear feet of transmission main lines and new production wells. The project will connect the new well to the existing drinking water treatment building and a 20,000-gallon concrete storage tank.
- Village of Erwin – $10.8 million in grants and financing for the design and construction of improvements to the wastewater treatment plan and an extension of sanitary sewers along Route 417.
- Village of Clayton – $8.2 million in grants and low cost financing to replace the aged raw drinking water intake and install approximately 25,000 feet of new water mains.
EFC offers short- and long-term financing for critical water infrastructure projects, readjusting rates based on current market conditions. As part of the board’s water and sewer improvement efforts, two existing projects will be provided interest free long-term financing to save ratepayers an estimated $23 million over the lifetime of the debts.
The town of Cheektowaga will benefit from $14 million in long-term financing to rehabilitate sanitary sewer systems and to improve sanitary sewer overflows. The village of Waterville will receive $2.6 million in financing for the planning, design, construction and improvement of the community’s wastewater treatment facility.
These water infrastructure investments will reinforce New York’s commitment to ensuring clean, reliable drinking water for residents and visitors. Since 2017, the state has invested or obligated approximately $6 billion for water infrastructure, including an additional $500 million in new funds under the governor’s budget proposal for FY26.
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