Dam Safety Loan Program
Program Information, Loan Documents, and Application Portal
INFORMATION
The Ohio Water Development Authority created the Dam Safety Loan Program to provide financing to borrowers for planning, design and construction of dam improvements and repairs as required by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. This program can also be used for emergency action plans (EAP) and operation maintenance and inspection (OMI) manuals.
For more details, please click on the program guidelines: Dam Safety Loan Program. Please note projects must be constructed using prevailing wage.
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
At least two months prior to application submission, please contact our Loan Officer, Kim Killian (email), to determine eligibility for the Dam Safety Loan Program.
The OWDA Board meets the last Thursday of the month during January to October; and the second Thursday in the month of December. Applications are due the 1st of the month that the loan will be approved. For December approval, the loan application is due on November 1st. For construction applications, the project must be bid prior to applying for the loan.
If you are requesting additional funds to be added to an existing OWDA loan, do not submit your request through the loan portal. Please contact Kim Killian, as a full application is not required for a supplemental loan request.
For questions regarding the Dam Safety Loan Program, please contact:
Kim Killian, Loan Officer
480 South High Street
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: (614) 466-0228
The following loan application documents must be completed prior to requesting a link to the loan application portal. Click on documents in blue to download.
The following loan application documents are required to complete the loan process; however they may be provided to OWDA at a later date if they are not available by the application deadline. Click on documents in blue to download.
The following loan application document is the cooperative agreement for this loan program. The language in the agreement cannot be altered. The agreement will be emailed to you for signature after Board approval. Click on document in blue to view the template. Submit your loan application through the portal. The loan application portal is a quick and convenient way to submit your loan application. By requesting a link to the loan portal, you can easily upload PDFs of your application documents directly to OWDA. Document uploads should be formatted as PDF documents only. Please do not upload Excel files.
One application per link. If you have more than one application, please request more than one link.
Review the loan application documents listed above as these documents must be completed prior to requesting a link to the loan application portal. Click on the following link to begin the loan application portal process.
https://webforms.owda.org/forms/loanprequalification
The person identified as the contact person in the application portal should be the person responsible for the preparation and submission of the application. The contact person will receive an application portal link by email and will also be the person called if there are questions on the information provided in the application. For example, the contact person could be an RCAP representative, consultant, or the person at the local government that prepared the application and can answer questions, not necessarily the person authorized to enter into contract with OWDA for the loan.