This assistance agreement provides funding to virginia state board of health (VDH) to respond to and alleviate emergency situations affecting water systems in EPA regions 3 and 4. VDH will procure…

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 awarded Virginia State Board of Health a $1 million cooperative agreement on April 1, 2026, under the Response to Emergency Situations Affecting Public Water Systems program (CFDA 66.489) to provide emergency response and technical assistance to water systems in EPA Regions 3 and 4 affected by Hurricane Helene.

VDH will procure engineering services to deliver direct technical assistance aimed at increasing the technical, managerial, and financial capacity of impacted water systems to prepare for, respond to, and mitigate future events. Eligible activities include emergency repairs, staffing, training, operations and maintenance, procurement and oversight of engineering services, needs assessment surveys of eligible systems, and technical assistance delivery. The agreement includes no sub-awards.

Anticipated deliverables include completed emergency repairs, preliminary engineering reports, disaster assessments, and operations and maintenance tasks. Expected outcomes encompass technical assistance provided to water systems, trained and hired staff, increased public outreach activities, enhanced TMF capacity of recipient systems and populations served, and reduction in water systems experiencing service disruptions, boil water notices, or associated public health threats resulting from Hurricane Helene impacts. Intended beneficiaries are residents of and visitors to Virginia.

Performance takes place in Virginia with a period of performance from April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2027.

This assistance agreement provides funding to virginia state board of health (VDH) to respond to and alleviate emergency situations affecting water systems in EPA regions 3 and 4. VDH will procure engineering services to provide direct technical assistance to water systems impacted by hurricane helene to increase their technical, managerial and financial capacity (TMF) to readily prepare for, respond to and mitigate impacts of future events. Activities:eligible activities include emergency repairs, staffing, training, operations and maintenance, procurement and oversight of engineering services, needs assessment surveys of eligible systems and providing technical assistance. Subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:anticipated deliverables include increased number of emergency repairs completed; preliminary engineering reports completed; disaster assessments conducted; and operations and maintenance tasks completed. Anticipated outcomes include technical assistance provided to water systems; staff trained, hired and consulted; increased public outreach activities completed; increased TMF capacity of water systems and populations served; and reduction in the number of water systems that will experience direct or indirect impacts on infrastructure, loss of services, boil water notices and associated public health threats or impacts as a result of hurricane impacts. Intended beneficiaries are residents of and visitors to the state of virginia.