This agreement will provide financial assistance to the recipient for the implementation of its program to ensure that underground sources of drinking water are protected from endangering injection…

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 awarded the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection $169,217 in formula grant funding on October 1, 2025, under the State Underground Water Source Protection program (CFDA 66.433) to protect underground sources of drinking water from endangering injection activities.

The recipient will develop and maintain inventories of injection systems, create and maintain databases housing compliance information on underground injection well activities, implement permitting activities, and implement enforcement programs. The award obligates $121,550 in federal funds, with an additional $21,450 contingent upon availability of funds. Performance extends through September 30, 2026, and takes place in West Virginia. The program protects residents of West Virginia from risks posed by treated wastewater injection into the ground between impermeable rock layers. No sub-recipients are included in this assistance agreement.

This agreement will provide financial assistance to the recipient for the implementation of its program to ensure that underground sources of drinking water are protected from endangering injection activities, in which treated waste water is injected into the ground between impermeable layers of rock formation. This action partially funds the grant in the amount of $121,550. Federal funds in the amount of $21,450 are contingent upon availability of additional funds. Activities:the activities to be performed include the development and maintenance of inventories of injection systems; the development and maintenance of databases housing compliance information on underground injection well activities; the implementation of permitting activities; and the implementation of enforcement programs. Subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the anticipated outcome is that underground sources of drinking water are protected from underground injection activities. The intended beneficiaries are the residents of west virginia.