The amendment has another $3 billion for these purposes, both for the Clean Water and the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Funds. These are the moneys that go into the State Revolving Funds. Then, of course, they have to be matched by the States and often the localities. So the amount of money is leveraged significantly beyond what the Federal contribution would be.
Discussing funding for Clean Water and Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Funds.
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