The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality will holding a public meeting next month to answer questions about its plans of where to spend federal funds on improving drinking water in the state.
The DEQ wants to get public input on the SFY 2019 IUP, the Priority Ranking System and the Project Priority List for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund.
The IUP outlines uses for federal money allocated to Oklahoma and lists the projects as ranked for funding by the Priority Ranking System.
The Drinking Water State Revolving Fund was made possible by the passage of the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996. States can use the funds to create a revolving loan fund to address drinking water infrastructure needs and to correct deficiencies in other water systems.
The meeting will be held Monday, June 18 at 1 p.m. at DEQ’s Oklahoma City office, 707 N. Robinson.