This $245,000 formula grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 supports water quality management planning activities in Colorado through September 2024. The award funds the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to implement the state's water quality management plan under the Water Quality Management Planning program (CFDA #66.454). Key activities include regional water quality planning by four subrecipients - the North Front Range Water Quality Planning...
This $267,000 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Water Quality Management Planning program (CFDA 66.454) supports the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment (CDPHE) in conducting water quality management planning activities across the state. Key activities include: 1) supporting regional water quality planning agencies, 2) producing an updated 208 areawide water quality management plan for the North Front Range Water Quality Planning...
This $128,000 formula grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency supports Colorado's Water Quality Management Planning Program. The program aims to improve impaired waters and protect unimpaired waters across the state through September 2023. As outlined in the Water Quality Management Planning federal grant program (CFDA 66.454), 40% of the funding or $51,200 will be provided as sub-awards to three regional water quality planning organizations for development and implementation of...
This $2,057,410 Formula Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Nonpoint Source Implementation Grants program (CFDA #66.460) will support Colorado's efforts to maintain and improve water quality. Key activities include implementing wildfire response treatments on 120 acres of private land to reduce hazardous fuels and improve forest and watershed health. Lessons learned from this work will inform a broader 64,000 acre cross-boundary treatment program. The Colorado...
This $299,936 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program (CFDA 66.608) will enable the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) to modernize its water quality improvement funding and grant data collection and processing capabilities. The project aims to enhance CDPHE's IT and data management systems to facilitate the electronic collection, reporting, exchange, sharing, and...
This $2,105,583 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Nonpoint Source Implementation Grants (CFDA 66.460) program supports the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment's nonpoint source pollution management program. The funding will be used to implement a variety of structural and non-structural best management practices, watershed planning, monitoring, technology demonstrations, and education/outreach programs across Colorado. Key...
This Formula Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency provides $2,184,330 to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to implement the state's Nonpoint Source Management Program under the Nonpoint Source Implementation Grants (CFDA #66.460) program. The funding will support six subawards focused on on-the-ground projects, education and outreach, local capacity building, and stream bank stabilization and restoration. These activities are designed to reduce nonpoint source...
This $21,829,200 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CFDA 66.458) program will fund a capitalization grant for Colorado's Clean Water State Revolving Fund program. The grant supports the planning, design, and construction of eligible water quality improvement and protection projects to further the goals of the Clean Water Act. The funding will enable the Colorado Water Resources and Power Development Authority, the...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 awarded a $226,000 Formula Grant to the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) under the Water Quality Management Planning program (CFDA 66.454). The grant will fund the state's water quality management planning activities to improve impaired waters and protect unimpaired waters across Arizona. Key activities include planning for emerging contaminants like PFAS, assessing equity and environmental justice, evaluating climate...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) a $114,000 Formula Grant under the Water Quality Management Planning program (CFDA 66.454) to fund the state's water quality management planning activities. This 2-year grant, with a period of performance from November 28, 2023 to November 27, 2025, will support DEQ in conducting the following key activities: A) Tracking water quality changes across Montana B) Supporting Montana's...