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Biden-Harris Administration announces availability of $30.7 million in grants
to support water systems in small and rural communities
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the
availability of up to $30.7 million in grant funding for technical assistance
and training to support small drinking water and wastewater systems, including
those in rural communities. This grant provides funding to organizations that
work side-by-side with water systems by giving them the necessary tools and
training to ensure communities have safe drinking water and effective
wastewater treatment systems.
“Many small drinking water systems face challenges when working to provide
reliable and safe drinking water to their communities,” said EPA Assistant
Administrator for Water Radhika Fox. “Funding to support upgrading water
infrastructure is central to President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda.
With this grant funding, the EPA is building on our technical assistance
efforts by providing another resource for disadvantaged and often rural
communities to gain access to their fair share of federal investment through
training and technical assistance.”
Small water systems often face unique financial and operational challenges,
including aging infrastructure, workforce shortages, increasing costs and
declining rate bases. Many small systems also serve disadvantaged communities
with environmental justice concerns. With this action, EPA is investing in
small and underserved communities to ensure safe drinking water and wastewater
services are provided to those that are most in need.
This grant will also help expand on the agency’s water technical assistance
(WaterTA) commitment, which aims to provide a range of assistance to help
communities identify solutions for water challenges, from capacity building to
helping navigate the federal funding application process and strategically
investing in reliable infrastructure solutions.
EPA is seeking applications to fund grant projects that will benefit small and
rural communities. Eligible applicants for this competitive agreement are
nonprofit organizations, nonprofit private universities and colleges and
public institutions of higher education. The application period for these
competitive grants is now open.
Questions about applying for EPA funding for training and technical assistance
must be received by January 18, 2024, and applications must be received by
11:59 p.m. EST on February 2, 2024. EPA expects to award these cooperative
agreements by summer of 2024 and encourages all eligible organizations who
have an interest in these projects to apply.
This grant will be competed through a Request for Application process. The
funding opportunity will remain open for 60 days on Grants.gov. For more
information on the grant visit EPA’s website on Training and Technical
Assistance for Small Systems Funding.
Background
Since 2012, the Training and Technical Assistance to Improve Water Quality and
Enable Small PWSs to Provide Safe Drinking Water grant program has provided
over $170 million in funding to technical assistance and training providers.
EPA expects to award three to nine cooperative agreements totaling up to $30.7
million in federal funds. 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 to help improve water quality; or
Private well owners to help improve water quality.
EPA’s free WaterTA services supports communities in states, Tribes and
territories with developing solutions to localized water challenges. Learn
more about WaterTA services visit EPA’s Water Technical Assistance website.
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