EPA's $945.7M FY26 EC-SDC tranche was announced on May 18, 2026 — the final year of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law's $5B Emerging Contaminants program, so there is no FY27 round behind it. With the 3M and DuPont settlement claim windows now closed, this and the DWSRF's $4B emerging-contaminant funding are the treatment money still open to systems facing the 2029 MCL deadline. States run their own application rounds; the ones with a deadline still ahead are listed first, followed by state-by-state allotments and a free application checklist.
Federal PFAS treatment money reaches a water system through its state, and every state runs its own application rounds. These are the ones with a deadline still ahead, soonest first, each checked against the state agency's own page on Nov 1, 2026. Dates move; confirm on the agency page before you plan around one.
| Closes | State | Program | Funding | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 13, 2026 7 days | South Carolina | EC-SDC grants, through the fall 2026 SRF call SC Department of Environmental Services (SCDES) · Small or Disadvantaged Communities The separate EC-SDC form still shows an earlier March date; confirm with SCDES which form it wants. | grant $24.25M available | Agency page → |
Nov 13, 2026 7 days | South Carolina | Fall 2026 SRF call, emerging-contaminant principal forgiveness SC Department of Environmental Services (SCDES) with the SC Rural Infrastructure Authority · Eligible SRF project sponsors; available to systems regardless of size Billed as the last call for this money. | principal forgiveness $2.6M left | Agency page → |
Nov 17, 2026 11 days | Utah | DWSRF emerging-contaminant applications Utah Division of Drinking Water / Drinking Water Board · Community water systems (public or private) and nonprofit non-community water systems Cutoff for the January 5, 2027 board meeting. Utah's pause on DWSRF applications does not apply to emerging-contaminant projects. The cut-off table could not be read on Nov 1, 2026; these dates were last confirmed Oct 7. | mixed | Agency page → |
Nov 30, 2026 24 days | Washington | DWSRF construction loans (emerging-contaminant projects up to 100% subsidy) Washington State Department of Health, Office of Drinking Water · Eligible Group A public water systems The state calls this the final application cycle for infrastructure-law funding. | loan + principal forgiveness About $120M available | Agency page → |
Nov 30, 2026 24 days | Washington | EC-SDC grant (PFAS, manganese, cyanotoxins) Washington State Department of Health, Office of Drinking Water Invitation required first. Planning and engineering applications are also reviewed April 30. Later cutoffs: Apr 30, 2027. | grant About $68M left | Agency page → |
Dec 1, 2026 25 days | Iowa | DWSRF PFAS / emerging contaminants fund, quarterly application Iowa DNR / Iowa Finance Authority (Iowa SRF) · Public water systems addressing PFAS or an emerging contaminant meeting the IUP detection criteria Iowa's posted schedule misprints this date as 2025; the plan text says the first working day of December. | loan + principal forgiveness $11.5M allocation | Agency page → |
Dec 15, 2026 39 days | Kentucky | 2028 SRF call for projects Kentucky Infrastructure Authority (KIA) with Kentucky Division of Water · Public water systems, by Project Profile submitted in WRIS through the local Area Development District General call; the announcement does not say whether emerging-contaminant money is included. Submitted through your Area Development District. | loan + principal forgiveness | Agency page → |
Dec 19, 2026 43 days | Connecticut | DWSRF SFY 2028 call for projects (has its own emerging-contaminant list) Connecticut Department of Public Health, Drinking Water Section · Public water systems; one Eligibility Application per project Call for projects runs Oct 19 to Dec 19, 2026. | loan + principal forgiveness | Agency page → |
Jan 1, 2027 56 days | South Dakota | DWSRF emerging-contaminant funding, quarterly application South Dakota DANR, Division of Financial and Technical Assistance / Board of Water and Natural Resources · Entities eligible under the existing DWSRF program; primary purpose must be to address emerging contaminants The project must first be on the State Water Plan and the priority list. Later cutoffs: Apr 1, 2027, Jul 1, 2027, Oct 1, 2027. | loan + principal forgiveness $10.8M available | Agency page → |
Jan 8, 2027 63 days | Idaho | Drinking Water Emerging Contaminants, FY2028 letter of interest Idaho Department of Environmental Quality · Community public water systems and nonprofit noncommunity systems Virtual letter-of-interest training on Nov 9, 2026. | mixed | Agency page → |
Jan 15, 2027 70 days | New Mexico | DWSRLF emerging contaminants, pre-application NMED Drinking Water Bureau / New Mexico Finance Authority · DWSRF-eligible public water systems; pre-application to NMED DWB, final application by NMFA invitation Pre-applications are accepted any time; this is the next list cutoff. The year is our reading of a recurring date. On Nov 1, 2026 the agency page said pre-applications are accepted any time and did not show these dates; last confirmed Oct 7. Later cutoffs: Apr 1, 2027. | principal forgiveness 100% principal forgiveness | Agency page → |
Jan 15, 2027 70 days | Wisconsin | Safe Drinking Water Loan Program, emerging contaminants Wisconsin DNR Environmental Loans · Wisconsin municipalities (cities, villages, towns, counties, water districts) with PFAS or manganese projects SFY 2028 cycle: intent to apply due Jan 15, 2027; full application due June 30, 2027 if competing for principal forgiveness. Later cutoffs: Jun 30, 2027. | loan + principal forgiveness | Agency page → |
Jan 29, 2027 84 days | Georgia | GEFA 2027 call for projects (general DWSRF) Georgia Environmental Finance Authority (GEFA) The general call, not a PFAS-specific round. Georgia's emerging-contaminant solicitation closed February 27, 2026. | loan + principal forgiveness | Agency page → |
Jan 31, 2027 86 days | Alaska | Alaska Drinking Water Fund, emerging-contaminant questionnaire Alaska DEC State Revolving Fund Program · Systems eligible for Alaska Drinking Water Fund loans; questionnaire via OASys Accepted year-round and scored four times a year. The project must be on the priority list before a loan application. Not re-confirmed on Nov 1, 2026 because the agency page could not be read; last confirmed Oct 7. Later cutoffs: Apr 30, 2027, Jul 31, 2027. | loan + principal forgiveness | Agency page → |
Feb 3, 2027 89 days | Pennsylvania | PENNVEST funding application Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST) General PENNVEST cutoff, not a PFAS-specific round. The Feb 3 cutoff feeds the April 21, 2027 board meeting. Later cutoffs: May 5, 2027. | mixed | Agency page → |
Feb 15, 2027 101 days | Oregon | IIJA emerging-contaminant funding Oregon Health Authority Drinking Water Services + Business Oregon Accepted any time and ranked after each February 15 and August 15 cutoff. Later cutoffs: Aug 15, 2027. | principal forgiveness | Agency page → |
Mar 12, 2027 126 days | Minnesota | Drinking Water Revolving Fund, project priority list application Minnesota Department of Health with Minnesota Public Facilities Authority · Cities, counties, townships and other governmental subdivisions providing public drinking water Two steps: priority list application, then an Intended Use Plan request by June 4, 2027. General cycle, not a PFAS-specific grant. Later cutoffs: Jun 4, 2027. | mixed | Agency page → |
Apr 30, 2027 175 days | Wisconsin | PFAS Community Grants Sampling Program, Cycle A (drinking water sampling and post-sampling actions) Wisconsin DNR · Municipal entities only: cities, villages, towns, counties, Tribal governing bodies and several types of districts Accepted through the close date or until funds are awarded. Pays for sampling and reducing exposure, not treatment plant construction. | grant $1M for drinking water sampling plus $500,000 for post-sampling actions to reduce PFAS exposure for well owners/users over health advisory levels; grantee match of at least 20% of the DNR amount | Agency page → |
Aug 31, 2027 298 days | Illinois | EC-SDC grant, Round 2 Illinois EPA Only for systems already on the state's EC-SDC Grant List; not open to new entrants. Listed projects that have not gone to bid by March 1, 2027 may be bypassed. | grant $21.8M available, $6.65M award ceiling | Agency page → |
Rolling programs and rounds whose agency publishes no closing date.
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Figures are from the attachment to EPA's May 18, 2026 allotment memo, shown for the 18 largest allotments plus northern New England. Each state runs its own intake process — the link goes to the agency or round you'll apply through.
Largest allotment. $15.7M already awarded across 7 Southern California treatment projects (Region 9, May 27).
CA funding agency →Second-largest allotment. Administered at state level alongside the DWSRF.
TX funding agency →Third-largest allotment nationally, well above Colorado's share of affected systems — the FY26 formula weights small systems and poverty as well as contaminant occurrence.
CO funding agency →PENNVEST administers. Next application cutoff is October 28, 2026 (January 2027 board), then February 3, 2027.
PA funding agency →Florida has more systems above the PFOA/PFOS limit than any other state in our data (157).
FL funding agency →156 systems above the limit in our data. NJDEP and the I-Bank administer.
NJ funding agency →Open now: DEQ's emerging-contaminant round takes applications through November 2, 2026, awarded as 100% principal forgiveness.
NC funding agency →79 systems above the limit in our data — eighth-highest count in the country.
AL funding agency →Illinois EPA's EC-SDC Round 2 ($21.8M) is funding systems already on the state's EC-SDC Grant List; it is not open to new entrants.
IL funding agency →34 systems above the limit in our data. Department of Health administers.
WA funding agency →Public water systems and private well owners are both eligible.
MA funding agency →DNR's most recent EC-SDC application round closed September 30, 2026. Watch for the next one.
WI funding agency →At the national floor. Biosolids contamination drives small-system urgency.
ME funding agency →Don't see your state? Every state, D.C., and territory received at least $9,457,000 — the formula's floor, and the exact figure for 26 of them. The full table is in the EPA memo.
State applications vary in form, but every primacy agency wants substantially these 10 items. Bring this list to your next engineering meeting.
EC-SDC is the largest current PFAS-specific tranche, but it stacks with these established programs. Most utilities combine 2–3 funding sources to cover a full treatment project.
$945.7M for states and territories, announced May 18, 2026 — the fifth and final year of the infrastructure law's $5B Emerging Contaminants program. The attachment lists every state and territory.
Eligibility, implementation guidance, and prior-year allotments. Private well owners have been eligible beneficiaries since FY24.
Loans + grants for rural communities under 10,000. Up to 75% grant share for the most distressed. Year-round applications.
The infrastructure law set aside $4B of DWSRF money specifically for emerging contaminants including PFAS, on top of $11.7B in general DWSRF supplemental funding. State-administered, with the emerging-contaminant portion awarded as principal forgiveness.
Treatment-tech R&D funding for systems near military installations contaminated by AFFF.