Drinking Water System Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Program – SDWA 1459A(l)

Environmental Protection Agency

The purpose of this grant program is to increase drinking water system resilience to natural hazards. Grant funding can be used to assist in the planning, design, construction, implementation, operation, or maintenance of a program or project that increases resilience to natural hazards. Funding is for projects that increase drinking water system resilience to natural hazards in underserved communities that are disadvantaged communities or communities with a population of less than 10,000 indivi

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Helps small public water systems in underserved communities improve their drinking water infrastructure. Provides funding for projects that make water systems more resilient to natural hazards.

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Funding
$332,000 - $4,651,170
Deadline
Rolling
Status
Rolling Intake
Category
Clean Energy & Environment
Organization
Environmental Protection Agency

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What Is This Program?

To assist public water systems in underserved communities that are disadvantaged communities or communities with a population of less than 10,000 individuals to increase drinking water system resilience to natural hazards. Eligible activities for funding include planning, design, construction, implementation, operation, or maintenance of a program or project that increases drinking water resilience to natural hazards through : (A) the conservation of water or the enhancement of water use efficiency; (B) the modification or relocation of existing drinking water system infrastructure made, or that is at risk of being, significantly impaired by natural hazards, including risks to drinking water from flooding; (C) the design or construction of desalination facilities to serve existing communities; (D) watershed management and source water protection; (E) the enhancement of energy efficiency or the use and generation of renewable energy in the conveyance or treatment of drinking water; or (F) the development and implementation of measures to increase the resilience of the eligible entity to natural hazards.

What Benefits Are Offered?

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Non-repayable funding for the planning, design, construction, implementation, operation, or maintenance of projects that increase the resilience of public water systems to natural hazards. Projects include water conservation, infrastructure modification/relocation, desalination, water supply enhancement, energy efficiency, and other resilience measures.

Who Is Eligible?

Industries: Water and Wastewater Systems

Region: All US States, District of Columbia, Guam, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Tribal lands within the US

Other Criteria: Applicant must be a public water system, a water system located on areas governed by Tribes, or a State (applying on behalf of an underserved community)., Must serve an underserved community (lacks access to household drinking water/wastewater services or is served by a public water system that violates National Primary Drinking Water Regulations)., Must serve a small community (population less than 10,000 people) OR a disadvantaged community (service area meets state affordability criteria)., Project must aim to increase drinking water facility resilience to natural hazards., Projects must comply with the Build America, Buy America (BABA) Act, requiring all iron, steel, manufactured products, and construction materials to be produced in the United States.

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This program offers funding up to $4,651,170 (minimum $332,000).

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