EPA urges states to target billions in new water infrastructure funding to historically underserved communities

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The EPA has unveiled billions of dollars in new federal water infrastructure funding, urging states to utilize the federal dollars from the recent bipartisan infrastructure law to address environmental impacts faced by historically underserved communities.

The Environmental Protection Agency unveiled billions of dollars in new federal water infrastructure funding on Thursday, urging states to utilize the federal dollars from the recent bipartisan infrastructure law to address environmental impacts faced by historically underserved communities.

The bipartisan infrastructure law provided more than $50 billion to the EPA for improvements in water infrastructure, which amounts to the"single largest investment in water that the federal government has ever made," according to the agency's website. Tough politics around oil and gas are preventing Joe Biden from being a climate hero The EPA announced the 2022 state funding allotments, which will largely be distributed through the agency's State Revolving Fund programs.

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