The agreement provides funding to support the minnesota pollution control agency project to provide subawards to local municipalities in minnesota for costs associated with the planning, design, and…

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 awarded the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) a $297,000 formula grant under the Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Reuse Municipal Grant Program (CFDA 66.447), effective December 1, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2029. Under this award, the MPCA serves as the pass-through entity distributing subawards to local Minnesota municipalities for planning, design, and construction of water quality improvement and infrastructure projects addressing sanitary sewer overflows and stormwater management challenges. The total project value of $623,700 will fund municipal entities' efforts to develop and implement solutions for deficient wastewater public collection systems, private sewer service laterals, and stormwater runoff infrastructure designed to mitigate overflow events and improve climate resilience.

The anticipated deliverables include comprehensive engineering plans, technical design documents, integrated stormwater management master plans, and constructed infrastructure systems that reduce sewer overflows and address flooding-related impacts. The program prioritizes benefiting municipal entities, particularly rural and disadvantaged communities, with expected outcomes focused on protecting public health and improving water quality through effective stormwater and overflow management. The MPCA is currently operating under conditional EPA approval of the workplan and has been directed not to incur costs pending final revised workplan approval by the EPA.

The agreement provides funding to support the minnesota pollution control agency project to provide subawards to local municipalities in minnesota for costs associated with the planning, design, and construction of eligible water quality improvement and protection projects. EPA has conditionally approved the current workplan to allow the recipient to proceed to work on approved workplan components. As all the costs ($623,700) are associated with the selection of subrecipients, minnesota pollution control agency (MPCA) should not incur any costs until a final revised workplan has been approved by EPA.activities:the activities to be performed include the execution and development of overflow and/or stormwater infrastructure projects. Subrecipient:subawards will go towards planning and design subgrants that will address deficient wastewater public collection systems or private sewer service laterals to help prevent or eliminate sanitary sewer overflow events and will address stormwater runoff issues related to increased climate events by identify opportunities IT increases infiltration or provide improved conveyance systems to address flooding related events.outcomes:the anticipated deliverables include plans, designs, and/or constructed overflow or stormwater infrastructure. Additional deliverables may include integrated stormwater management master plan; technical design documents; sanitary sewer overflow control solutions, including plans and specifications for the sanitary sewer overflow project to correct and reduce inflow and infiltration. The expected outcomes are to protect public health and improve water quality by reducing sewer overflows through the management of stormwater. The intended beneficiaries are municipal entities, of which, may be rural and/or disadvantaged communities.