Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority (GEFA) awarded five communities grant funding totaling $30,500,000 to address PFAS and additional emerging contaminants in drinking water.

Awarded grants:

  • Calhoun awarded a $7,000,000 Emerging Contaminants Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (EC-DW) grant
  • Chatsworth Water Works Commission awarded a $3,500,000 Emerging Contaminants in Small or Disadvantaged Communities (EC-SDC) grant
  • Clayton County Water Authority awarded $14,000,000 EC-DW grant
  • Summerville awarded a $3,500,000 EC-SDC grant
  • Tennille awarded a $2,500,000 EC-SDC grant

Project and grant details:

City of Calhoun

The $7,000,000 EC-DW grant will fund conducting pilot testing and upgrading drinking water plants to treat for PFAS.

Chatsworth Water Works Commission

The $3,500,000 EC-SDC grant will fund conducting a pilot study to treat for PFAS and upgrading the city’s drinking water plant. This pilot study will generate data for a range of PFAS treatment options to compare treatment efficiencies and operational and maintenance costs. The study will also evaluate PFAS removal and waste destruction technologies.

Clayton County Water Authority

The $14,000,000 EC-DW grant will fund engineering services for a design-build project to upgrade and replace the county’s water treatment plants to treat for PFAS.

City of Summerville

The $3,500,000 EC-SDC grant will fund a pilot study to treat for PFAS and upgrading the city’s drinking water plant.

City of Tennille

The $2,500,000 EC-SDC grant will fund improvements to the city’s drinking water wells, which are currently out of service due to contamination, and install a filtration system.

BIL investment in the water sector includes $50 billion to the EPA to strengthen the nation’s drinking water and wastewater systems.