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Oregon’s Water Infrastructure Funding Gap: Federal contributions to Oregon’s drinking water funding
Oregon’s water needs outpace its current ability to fund efforts have decreased by 37.0 percent since the Drink-
projects by a large margin. ing Water SRF was implemented in fiscal 1997 and 53.1
percent when adjusted for inflation.7
For the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (SRF)
program, the state’s most recent Intended Use Plan lists For the Clean Water State Revolving Fund program,
20 projects at a total cost of $30.7 million.5 In 2008, the which goes toward wastewater infrastructure, the state’s
most recent Intended Use Plan lists 42 projects at a total
cost of $311 million.8 In 2008, the state received $7.7 mil-
lion in federal funding9 — enough to finance 2.5 percent
of its needs.