Online ExclusivesReport: Clean Water State Revolving Funds Will Create 500,000 New Jobs

Report: Clean Water State Revolving Funds Will Create 500,000 New Jobs

Research predicts economic impacts of federal SRF funding on labor income, job creation and federal tax revenue

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Report: Clean Water State Revolving Funds Will Create 500,000 New Jobs
According to the report, 16.5 jobs are created for each million dollars of SRF funding, which means a $34.7 billion federal investment will result in 506,000 new jobs.

A new economic benefits analysis of the impacts of increased funding for the Drinking Water and Clean Water State Revolving Funds released by the Water Environment Federation and the WateReuse Association revealed that a requested $34.7 billion of federal SRF spending will...

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