July 2, 2025
Contact: MaryAnna Peavey, Grant and Loan Bureau Chief, maryanna.peavey@deq.idaho.gov
BOISE – The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) today awarded $380,000 in drinking water emerging contaminant construction loan funding to the Capitol Water Corporation and the city of Idaho Falls.
The Capitol Water Corporation in Ada County received $150,000 to develop a plan to address PFAS contamination. The city of Idaho Falls in Bonneville County received $230,000 to drill two new test wells to ensure future source water sites do not contain emerging contaminants.
The loan from DEQ’s State Revolving Loan Fund is capitalized annually by grants from the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Emerging Contaminants Program, which is funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The loans carry a simple 0% interest rate and $380,000 in principal forgiveness. The favorable loan terms represent a $758,802 savings to the communities when compared to average costs for municipal general obligation debt issuances.