Management Implication Report: Poor Data Management Hinders Oversight of State Clean and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Programs

Why We Did This Report

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General, or OIG, has identified concerns regarding how some states collect and store subrecipient and contractor data for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund, or CWSRF, and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, or DWSRF, programs.

Summary of Findings

Some states are collecting and storing their CWSRF and DWSRF subrecipient and contractor data in unstructured or nonmachine-readable formats. Data that are not collected or stored in a structured database or machine-readable format can be difficult to access and can significantly inhibit the ability to use data analytics for proactive oversight of the state revolving funds.