567—91.3 (455B) Purpose of water pollution control state revolving fund. The WPCSRF provides financial assistance to eligible water pollution control works for the design and construction of facilities to protect and improve the state’s water quality. The fund reserves a percentage of money each year for administrative purposes. The Iowa department of natural resources (department) administers the program, along with the Iowa finance authority (authority). The director will coordinate with the authority under the terms of an interagency agreement entered into pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 28E. The department establishes priorities for the use of the WPCSRF and publishes them each year in its intended use plan (IUP).
The financial assistance is described in more detail in 567—Chapter 92. This chapter identifies the criteria that are used to rate projects and activities, both point source and nonpoint source projects and activities. This chapter describes how the criteria will be used to calculate a total score for ranking projects. The commission is to set funding targets for point source and nonpoint source activities and to adjust the fundable project list to ensure that the short- and long-term goals of the IUP are achieved. The public has an opportunity annually to comment on both the fundable list and the short- and long-term goals of the intended use plan.