This agreement provides funding to west virginia to carry out its program to maintain, protect, and improve the water quality of its rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater, and other waterbodies

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 awarded the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection $2.325 million on October 1, 2025, under the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support formula grant (CFDA 66.419) to maintain, protect, and improve water quality across the state's rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater, and other waterbodies.

The award funds water quality monitoring and assessment, NPDES permitting and enforcement, water quality standards development, and total maximum daily load (TMDL) development. Deliverables include NPDES permitting and inspections for combined sewer overflows, municipal separate storm sewer systems, industrial and construction stormwater, and concentrated animal feeding operations; NPDES pretreatment and permitting workplans; watershed assessment and permitting; water quality standard development; TMDL development; compliance monitoring for wastewater treatment facilities; data entry in EPA's Integrated Compliance Information System; water quality monitoring and education and training through the Save Our Streams volunteer program; and wellhead and groundwater protection activities in coordination with the West Virginia Department of Health.

The total award of $2.325 million comprises $1.867 million for base activities and $246,275 for section 106 monitoring. The period of performance runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, with all work performed in West Virginia. The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services will perform groundwater monitoring activities as a subrecipient using pass-through funds from this award.

The environmental benefits of this program include preventing degradation of unimpaired waterbodies and reducing the number of impaired waterbodies in the state. This action provides a total of $2,113,275 in federal funding ($1,867,000 for base and $246,275 for 106 monitoring). There are no contingent funds. Activities:activities include water quality monitoring and assessment, npdes permitting and enforcement, water quality standards (WQS) development, and total maximum daily load (tmdl) development. Subrecipient:funds will be used for groundwater monitoring activities performed by employees of the west virginia department of health and human services.outcomes:the anticipated deliverables include national pollutant discharge elimination system (npdes) permitting and/or inspections for combined sewer overflow (CSO), municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4), industrial stormwater and construction stormwater, concentrated animal feeding operations (cafo); npdes pretreatment and permitting and enforcement workplans; watershed assessment and permitting and management, water quality standard development and implementation, total maximum daily load (tmdl) development, compliance monitoring for wastewater treatment facilities, data entry associated with npdes work in EPA's integrated compliance information system (icis), water quality monitoring and education and training for a save our streams, a volunteer water quality monitoring program, and wellhead/groundwater protection activities in coordination with the west virginia department of health. The expected outcomes include maintenance, protection, and improvement of water quality in west virginia's rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater, and other waterbodies. The environmental benefits of the workplan deliverables include preventing degradation of unimpaired waterbodies and reducing the number of impaired waterbodies in west virginia. Direct beneficiaries of this assistance agreement include residents of west virginia.