Deadline: 4 December 2017
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking applications for its grant program to provide training and technical assistance for small public water systems to help such systems achieve and maintain compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), and to provide training and technical assistance for small publicly owned wastewater systems, communities served by onsite/decentralized wastewater systems, and private well owners to improve water quality under the Clean Water Act (CWA).
EPA’s Fiscal Year 2017 appropriation directs the Agency to competitively award $12.7 million to non-profit organizations to provide training and technical assistance to small public water systems, small wastewater systems and private well owners, located in urban and rural communities throughout the U.S. and its territories.
The purpose of the agreements is to provide training and technical assistance to:
- Small public water systems to achieve and maintain compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA);
- Small public water systems on a wide range of managerial and, or financial topics to achieve and maintain compliance with the SDWA;
- Small publicly-owned wastewater systems, communities served by onsite-decentralized wastewater systems and private well owners to help improve water quality; or
- Private well owners to help improve water quality.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $25,400,000
- Award Ceiling: $16,000,000
Eligibility Criteria
Non-profit organizations, private non-profit universities and colleges and public institutions of higher education are eligible to apply.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply via given website.
Eligible Country: United States
For more information, please visit Grants.gov.