The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 awarded a $239,000 Water Quality Management Planning Formula Grant to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). The grant funding, which is supported by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), will be used to conduct water quality planning and monitoring activities in Maine, including: The DEP will provide 62.5% of the award to regional and interstate watershed management planning agencies as sub-recipients. These...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded $124,000 under the Water Quality Management Planning (CFDA 66.454) federal Formula Grant program to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection. Forty percent of this award will be provided to regional or interstate watershed management planning agencies as subrecipients. The subrecipients will use their portion of the funding to develop a watershed management plan for North Pond. The overall goals of the award are to improve...
This $21,124,800 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CFDA 66.458) program provides capitalization funding to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (Maine DEP) for its Clean Water State Revolving Fund program. The grant supports low-interest financing to numerous subrecipients, including municipalities, utilities, and other local government entities, for eligible water quality improvement and protection...
This $7,582,800.00 Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CFDA 66.458) formula grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 provides capitalization funding to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (Maine DEP) to establish and maintain a revolving loan program for water quality improvement and protection projects. The grant supports activities such as planning, design, and construction of eligible water infrastructure initiatives, including wastewater treatment...
This $1,646,000.00 Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) Formula Grant, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on October 1, 2024, will provide low-interest financing to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (Maine DEP) to fund projects that address emerging contaminants in water quality. The grant's primary purpose is to finance the planning, design, and construction of eligible water quality improvement and protection initiatives, with an emphasis on addressing...
This $545,000 Formula Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 supports the Massachusetts Water Quality Management Planning Program under the Water Quality Management Planning federal grant program (CFDA 66.454). The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection will use 40% of the funding to provide sub-awards to regional watershed management agencies and municipalities. Projects supported through October 2021 to September 2025 will develop watershed-based plans,...
This federal Formula Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1, under the Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Reuse Municipal Grant Program (CFDA 66.447), provides $243,000.00 in funding to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (Maine DEP) to support water quality improvement and infrastructure projects across local municipalities in Maine. The grant funds will be used by Maine DEP to provide subawards to municipal entities for the planning, design, and...
This $464,209 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program (CFDA 66.608) supports the University of Southern Maine in enhancing the MassWaterR water quality monitoring tool. The key activities include: 1) Developing additional functionality for MassWaterR to better meet the needs of regional monitoring groups and facilitate water quality data uploads to EPA's Water Quality Exchange (WQX); 2) Increasing access...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 awarded the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services a $306,000 Formula Grant under the Water Quality Management Planning program (CFDA 66.454) for the period of July 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. The grant will fund the state's water quality management planning program to improve impaired waters and protect unimpaired waters through planning activities that support Clean Water Act implementation. At least 40% of grant funds, or...
This $1,445,786 Formula Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the State Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) Program (CFDA 66.432) assists the Maine Department of Health and Human Services' Drinking Water Program in developing and implementing a comprehensive public drinking water supervision program. Key activities funded include: Developing and maintaining state drinking water regulations, managing an inventory of public drinking water systems, conducting...