(AGENPARL) – gio 11 luglio 2024 Issued: Jul 11, 2024 (10:19am EDT)
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EPA Invests $20 Million in Water Workforce Training and Career Development as
Part of Investing in America Agenda
WASHINGTON – Today, July 11, as part of President Biden’s Investing in
America agenda, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is providing over $20
million to 13 workforce development organizations across the nation under its
Innovative Water Workforce Development Grant Program, which supports expanding
career opportunities in the drinking water and wastewater utility sector. This
announcement comes as White House Domestic Policy Advisor Neera Tanden and
Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su travel to Philadelphia today to host the
inaugural convening of the city’s Investing in America Workforce Hub. The
Philadelphia Workforce Hub will support the workforce needed to deliver on the
city’s water and transportation projects spurred by the President’s
Investing in America agenda.
“In every community in America, water and wastewater utility workers are
unsung heroes ensuring that families and businesses have access to reliable,
clean and safe water services,” said EPA Acting Assistant Administrator
Bruno Pigott. “As the water sector faces a wave of retirements, EPA is
prioritizing the sustainability of the water workforce and the resilience of
our water systems and communities with this $20 million program.”
Across the country, water infrastructure workers make possible the delivery of
clean, safe water services to millions of Americans. EPA’s Innovative Water
Workforce Development Grant Program complements the Biden-Harris
Administration’s whole-of-government strategy to create good-paying,
family-supporting jobs in the communities they serve. The grant program also
develops the apprenticeship programs, labor standards, and other tools needed
to ensure a strong pipeline of workers and high-quality jobs. 
EPA is selecting 13 recipients at regional and national organizations to
implement a broad range of programs under the Innovative Water Infrastructure
Workforce Development Grant Program:
Multiplier/WaterNow Alliance (CA): $760,463.31
American Water Works Association (CO): $1,000,000
Rural Community Assistance Partnership (DC): $852,500
The Water Tower Institute, Inc (GA): $1,942,378
Pacific International Center for High Technology Research (HI): $1,000,000
Wichita State University (KS): $414,250
Baltimore City Department of Public Works (MD): $914,500
Center for Watershed Protection, Inc. (MD): $999,520
Grand Rapids Community College (MI): $1,000,000
Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education (NV): $999,153
University of New Mexico (NM): $600,000
National Rural Water Association (OK): $5,594,000
Energy Innovation Center Institute, Inc. (PA): $4,900,000
The grants will expand public awareness about job opportunities in the
drinking water and wastewater utility sector and will address the workforce
needs of drinking water and wastewater utilities. Activities that will be
funded under this competition include:
Targeted internship, apprenticeship, pre-apprenticeship, and post-secondary
bridge programs.
Education programs designed for elementary, secondary, and higher education
students.
Regional industry and workforce development collaborations to address water
utility employment needs and coordinate candidate development.
Integrated learning laboratories in secondary educational institutions.
Leadership development, occupational training, mentoring, or cross-training
programs that ensure incumbent drinking water and wastewater utility workers
are prepared for higher-level supervisory or management-level positions.
EPA plans to award the recipients a grant once all legal and administrative
requirements are satisfied. Funding this program furthers the agency’s goals
of a cleaner, healthier environment for all Americans and future generations.
Learn more about EPA’s Innovative Water Infrastructure Workforce Development
Program.
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