This $168,775 formula grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 under the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support (CFDA 66.419) provides funding to the Oklahoma Secretary of Energy and Environment for a statewide water quality monitoring and assessment program. Key activities include: Conducting a probabilistic survey of approximately 35-40 stream and river stations annually across three ecoregions in Oklahoma to characterize water...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 awarded the Oklahoma Secretary of Energy and Environment a $470,441 Formula Grant under the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support (CFDA 66.419) program. The grant will fund the State of Oklahoma's Supplemental Water Quality Monitoring Initiative through September 2023. Under this initiative, the Oklahoma Water Resources Board as subrecipient will continue statewide surface water quality monitoring of streams and...
This $297,393 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program (CFDA 66.608) will enable the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) to modernize its water quality data management systems and enhance data access. The key activities include: 1) Improving the monitoring location metadata storage structures and management processes in OWRB's national water quality database (AWQMS); 2) Enhancing data access...
This $197,333 Formula Grant, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the State Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) Program (CFDA 66.432), supports the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) in developing and implementing a comprehensive drinking water supervision program. The key activities funded under this one-year grant include: Developing state drinking water regulations that are no less stringent than federal regulations, maintaining an inventory of...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 awarded the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality a $7,266,960 cooperative agreement under the Performance Partnership Grants program (CFDA 66.605) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The award supports Oklahoma's air quality planning and monitoring, radon assessment and mitigation, hazardous waste management, public water system oversight, underground injection control, lead-based paint programs, and PFAS drinking...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Information Exchange Network (CFDA 66.608) program provides $223,282 to the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to build a system management tool for public water systems in the state. The project aims to create a centralized, web-based platform where public water supply systems can enter, manage, track, and store their daily monitoring and maintenance reporting requirements. The...
This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Performance Partnership Grants (CFDA 66.605) program, funds the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality's (DEQ) continuing environmental programs. The $6,001,123 award, effective October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025, supports DEQ's efforts to protect air, land, and water quality in Oklahoma. Key activities include permitting, enforcement, monitoring, inspections, and planning for air...
This $20,877,000 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Small and Underserved Communities Emerging Contaminants Grant Program (CFDA 66.442) provides funding to the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to address emerging contaminants (ECs), including per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), in drinking water. The grant supports a range of activities such as research, testing, treatment system...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 awarded the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality $166,475 under the State Public Water System Supervision Formula Grant program (CFDA 66.432) from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022. The funding will support Oklahoma's implementation of the Public Water System Supervision program to regulate drinking water quality per the Safe Drinking Water Act. Specifically, the state will research emerging contaminants like PFAS, develop policies for...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $22,047,600 Formula Grant to the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) under the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) program (CFDA 66.458). The grant funding will capitalize OWRB's CWSRF to provide low-interest financing for eligible water quality improvement and protection projects across Oklahoma. The key activities under this grant include planning, designing, and constructing water infrastructure projects such as wastewater...