环保署宣布2,429万美元饮用水基建资金落地爱荷华州：Des Moines与Altoona三个项目获资助
美国环境保护署（EPA）第七区宣布，爱荷华州将获得24,289,000美元联邦资金，用于保护居民健康、改善饮用水基础设施。资金来自《两党基础设施法》对「饮用水州循环基金」的补充拨款，经爱荷华州自然资源部与州财政局运营的州循环基金发放，其中包括16,589,000美元贷款与7,700,000美元可免除贷款。
本轮共资助三个项目：Des Moines Water Works获得440,000美元可免除贷款，用于更换一个已使用40多年的水处理消毒系统；Altoona市获得7,700,000美元贷款，用于升级并扩建Easter Feeder水处理厂，扩建饮用水处理与输配设施以满足人口增长；Des Moines Water Works另获得16,149,000美元贷款，用于更换Fleur Drive与McKinney一带的老旧水管，改善Army Post Road以南地区的供水、满足用水高峰需求，并降低服务区域内的铅暴露风险。
EPA在发布中说，为水处理与供水系统设施的升级、修复与扩建提供资金，是保障社区获得安全饮用水最有效的方式之一；州循环基金的资金部分来自《两党基础设施法》的专项拨款，专门用于应对饮用水系统的新兴污染物与铅水管问题。
爱荷华州自然资源部主任Kayla Lyon在发布中说，这笔资金能让该州的受资助方满足或超过州与联邦的饮用水标准，改善爱荷华州居民当下与未来的健康。（GSM据美国环境保护署发布）
EPA Announces $24.3 Million for Drinking Water Infrastructure Projects in Iowa
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Region 7 has announced $24,289,000 in federal funding for Iowa to protect residents' health and improve drinking water infrastructure. The money comes from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law's supplemental funding for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, delivered through Iowa's State Revolving Fund operated by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and the Iowa Finance Authority, and includes $16,589,000 in loans and $7,700,000 in forgivable loans.
Three projects will receive funding: Des Moines Water Works will receive a $440,000 forgivable loan to replace a water treatment disinfection system that is more than 40 years old; the City of Altoona will receive a $7,700,000 loan to upgrade and expand its Easter Feeder water treatment plant and drinking water treatment and distribution facilities to meet population growth; and Des Moines Water Works will receive a further $16,149,000 loan to replace aging water mains in the Fleur Drive and McKinney areas, improve water supply south of Army Post Road, meet peak demand, and reduce lead exposure risk in its service area.
EPA said funding upgrades, repairs, and expansions at water treatment and supply facilities is among the most effective ways to ensure communities have access to safe drinking water, noting that part of the State Revolving Fund money comes from dedicated Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding for emerging contaminants and lead service lines in drinking water systems.
Iowa Department of Natural Resources Director Kayla Lyon said in the announcement that the funding will allow recipients to meet or exceed state and federal drinking water standards and improve the health of Iowans now and in the future. (GSM, based on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency release)
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图片来源：图：位于Des Moines的Des Moines Water Works大楼，该机构是本轮饮用水基建资金的受资助方之一，获资助建设水处理消毒系统并更换老旧水管。照片：Tony Webster（CC BY-SA 2.0），经Wikimedia Commons。The Des Moines Water Works building in Des Moines, Iowa; the utility is among the recipients in this round of drinking water infrastructure funding. Photo: Tony Webster (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons.
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