Governors urge Congress to bolster SRFs in FY24

The National Governors Association (NGA) is pushing lawmakers to back high funding levels for EPA’s clean water and drinking water state revolving funds (SRFs) in fiscal year 2024, in states’ latest push to counteract what many utility officials and regulators say have effectively been cuts to the programs due to congressional “earmarks.” Govs. Andy Beshear (D-KY) and Henry McMaster (R-SC), who co-chair NGA’s Economic Development and Revitalization Task Force, wrote to the Senate and House appropriations panels on Sept. 14,...