Categories of loan eligibility shall include: Primary, secondary, or tertiary treatment and appurtenances; infiltration and inflow correction; major sewer system rehabilitation; new collector sewers and appurtenances; new intercepters and appurtenances; acquisition of land integral to the treatment process; acquisition of land and interests in land necessary for construction; correction of combined sewer overflows; water conservation, efficiency, or reuse; energy efficiency; reuse or recycling of wastewater, stormwater, or subsurface drainage water; development and implementation of watershed projects; measures to increase the security of treatment works; and nonpoint source control systems. Loans shall be made only for eligible items within such categories. For loans made entirely from state funds, eligible items shall include, but not be limited to, the costs of engineering services and contracted construction. Eligible items shall not include the costs of water rights, legal costs, fiscal agent's fees, operation and maintenance costs, and municipal or county administrative costs. For loans made in whole or in part from federal funds, eligible items shall be those identified pursuant to the Clean Water Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 81-15,154