RIA works to enhance the quality of life for residents in communities across South Carolina by providing grant and loan financing options, as well as training, technical assistance and funding coordination for qualified infrastructure projects for water and wastewater systems and stormwater drainage facilities.
Since 2013, the RIA’s cumulative funding impacts have touched every county. These investments protect water quality while building capacity for new economic opportunities.
Providing essential funding and financing solutions to strengthen South Carolina’s water, sewer and stormwater infrastructure.
Under the SC Infrastructure Investment Program (SCIIP), RIA has awarded a total of 219 grants, in the amount of $1.469 billion, to local governments as well as public water and sewer utilities. The program funds, allocated to RIA by the General Assembly from the federal American Rescue Plan Act, will modernize and upgrade critical facilities in all of South Carolina’s 46 counties.
