Allotment

The portion of the federal Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) federal capitalization grant that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) allocates annually to each state under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). These allotments are determined using formulas based on data from the most recent Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey Assessment (DWINSA). If a state does not claim its full allotment by the end of the second fiscal year of availability, the EPA re-allots the unclaimed funds to other states.

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