The Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 awarded the California Department of Conservation a $737,333 Formula Grant under the State Underground Water Source Protection program (CFDA 66.433) for fiscal year 2023. The grant will support the recipient's program to protect underground sources of drinking water from endangering injection activities through September 30, 2023.
Key deliverables include developing and maintaining inventories of injection systems, databases with compliance information on underground injection wells, implementation of permitting activities for Class II injection wells, and enforcement programs. The anticipated outcome is protection of California's underground drinking water sources. No subawards are included in the assistance agreement.