Applications Open for State Water Grants Program (US)

Deadline: 9-Sep-22

The Environmental Facilities Corporation is offering grants for clean and drinking water projects to selected municipalities with infrastructure projects that protect public health and/or improve water quality.

Types of grants

• Water Infrastructure Improvement (WIIA)
• Intermunicipal Grants (IMG)

Funding Information

• WIIA Clean Water Projects
  • An applicant with an eligible clean water project may receive a WIIA grant award as described below:
    • A project, including all phases of the project, may be awarded the lesser of $25 million or 25% of net eligible project costs (total eligible project costs less any third-party grants awarded in respect of the project).
    • Any grants administered through EFC will not be used to calculate net eligible project costs
    • WIIA Drinking Water Projects
  • An applicant with an eligible drinking water project may receive a WIIA grant award as described below:
    • A project addressing an emerging contaminant above the State determined Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) would be awarded 60% of net eligible project costs.
    • A project that does not address emerging contaminants, including phases of the project, would be awarded the lesser of $5 million or 60% of net eligible project costs.
• IMG Clean Water and Drinking Water Projects
  • Cooperating municipalities with an eligible project may receive an IMG grant award as described below:
    • The lesser of $ 30 million or 40% of net eligible project costs.

Eligibility Criteria

• P rogram requirements for WIIA and IMG recipients include minority- and women-owned business enterprise (MWBE) participation, equal employment opportunity, service-disabled veteran-owned business (SDVOB) participation, smart growth and environmental review.
• WIIA and IMG grants are available only to the following: county, city, town, village, district corporation, county or town improvement district, school district, Indian nation or tribe recognized by the state or the United States with a reservation wholly or partly within the boundaries of New York State, any public benefit corporation or public authority established pursuant to the laws of New York or any agency of the State that is empowered to construct and operate a water quality infrastructure project.
• Eligible projects include water quality infrastructure projects at municipally-owned sewage treatment works1 OR municipally-owned public water systems2 for:
• Construction, replacement, or repair of infrastructure; gold
• Compliance with environmental and public health laws and regulations related to water quality.
• Each WIIA project must meet the following criteria:
  • Result in construction for the requested scope;
  • Not have started construction before October 1, 2021;
  • Include the applicable EFC terms and conditions in contracts under construction, noted in the Program Requirements section; and
  • Not have com p leted construction before July 1, 2022.
• Each IMG project must meet the following criteria:
• Serve multiple municipalities;
• Be a shared drinking water or sewage treatment infrastructure project, such as:
  • More than one municipality undertaking a capital improvement project jointly,
  • Consolidation of intermunicipal facilities,
  • Shared water quality infrastructure,
  • Regional wastewater treatment facilities for multiple municipalities, or
  • The interconnection of multiple municipal water systems;
• Have a valid and binding project Intermunicipal Agreement (IMA) between at least two cooperating municipalities related to financing of the IMG project that describes the proposed project, the role of each municipality, and the costs attributable to each municipality;
• Designate a “lead municipality” that applies on behalf of all cooperating municipalities;
• Result in construction for the requested scope;
• Not have started construction before October 1, 2021;
• Include the applicable EFC terms and conditions in contracts under construction, noted in the Program Requirements section; Not have completed construction before July 1, 2022; and
• Not be for the construction of water infrastructure that exclusively supports new development, whether reside ntial or commercial.

For more information, visit State Water Grants.

For more information, visit https://efc.ny.gov/wiia-img-apply