The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has allocated $337 million to North Carolina. The funding will strengthen water infrastructure and repair hurricane damage. It supports recovery nearly a year after Hurricane Helene and builds on $409 million awarded in July for drinking water improvements.
Most of the funding—$276 million—comes from the Clean Water Act. Of that, $253.7 million will flow into the state’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund. These loans, with principal forgiveness, will support treatment works projects. Another $22.5 million will establish a decentralized fund. That program will improve septic systems and connect homes to centralized wastewater networks.
The EPA will also direct $61 million under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. The money will manage debris, assess contamination sites, rehabilitate damaged waste facilities, and prepare for future severe weather.
State officials can now advance projects that make drinking water and wastewater systems more resilient to hurricanes and other extreme conditions.