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• Biden-Harris Administration Announces $20,904,000 for Clean Water Infrastructure Upgrades Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in Mississippi

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $20,904,000 for Clean Water Infrastructure Upgrades Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in Mississippi

  • Release Date: February 24, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Launches EPA-USDA Partnership to Provide Wastewater Sanitation to Underserved Rural Communities

  Historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding Will Help Address Lack of Basic Wastewater Infrastructure in Bolivar County, Mississippi

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Launches EPA-USDA Partnership to Provide Wastewater Sanitation to Underserved Rural Communities

  • Release Date: August 2, 2022

• EPA Announces $60 Million from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for Nutrient Pollution Reduction in the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $60 Million from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for Nutrient Pollution Reduction in the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed

  • Release Date: June 10, 2022

• EPA Announces $38 Million WIFIA Loan to Modernize Water Infrastructure in Englewood, Colorado

  Nationally, 88 WIFIA loans are financing nearly $33 billion in water infrastructure upgrades, creating 100,000 jobs

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $38 Million WIFIA Loan to Modernize Water Infrastructure in Englewood, Colorado

  • Release Date: June 7, 2022

• EPA Announces Gulf Guardian Award

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Gulf Guardian Award

  • Release Date: April 27, 2022

• EPA Region 8 hosting public listening session March 1 on the Draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities

  Members of the public can register now to attend and/or provide verbal comment

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 8 hosting public listening session March 1 on the Draft Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities

  • Release Date: January 19, 2022

• EPA Region 8 states to receive water infrastructure funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law 

  Announcement calls for prioritizing underserved communities  

  EPA News Release: EPA Region 8 states to receive water infrastructure funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law 

  • Release Date: December 2, 2021

• EPA Announces $74,899,000 for Water Infrastructure Projects in Mississippi

  EPA Announces Water Infrastructure Funding for States Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Calls for Prioritizing Underserved Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces $74,899,000 for Water Infrastructure Projects in Mississippi

  • Release Date: December 2, 2021

• EPA Letter Confirms Yazoo Pumps Project Subject to 2008 Veto

  EPA News Release: EPA Letter Confirms Yazoo Pumps Project Subject to 2008 Veto

  • Release Date: November 17, 2021

• EPA and the City of Jackson, Mississippi Reach Agreement to Improve Drinking Water and Protect Public Health

  EPA News Release: EPA and the City of Jackson, Mississippi Reach Agreement to Improve Drinking Water and Protect Public Health

  • Release Date: July 1, 2021

• EPA Selects Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians to Receive $200,000 for Trash-Free Waters Grant

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians to Receive $200,000 for Trash-Free Waters Grant

  • Release Date: October 8, 2020

• EPA Announces Availability of Funding for Farmer-led, Farm Focused Projects in the Gulf

  Applications are due no later than October 16, 2020

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Availability of Funding for Farmer-led, Farm Focused Projects in the Gulf

  • Release Date: September 1, 2020

• EPA Awards $3.1 Million Grant to Improve and Protect Mississippi’s Water Quality

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $3.1 Million Grant to Improve and Protect Mississippi’s Water Quality

  • Release Date: July 13, 2020

• EPA Announces Tentative Awardees for the Waterway Trash Reduction Grant in the Gulf

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Tentative Awardees for the Waterway Trash Reduction Grant in the Gulf

  • Release Date: April 22, 2020

• EPA Awards Mississippi State University Extension Service $618,000 in Funding to Test for Lead in School Drinking Water

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Mississippi State University Extension Service $618,000 in Funding to Test for Lead in School Drinking Water

  • Release Date: March 5, 2020