This $2,636,600 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CFDA 66.458) program provides funding to the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority (NTUA) to evaluate and develop a plan to repair, rehabilitate, and replace components of the community's sanitary sewer collection system. The key activities under this grant include completing a sanitary sewer evaluation study (SSES) to identify defects, recommend improvements, and develop...
This $1,778,000 Formula Grant was awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CFDA 66.458) program. The grant provides funding to the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority (NTUA) to evaluate the condition of the sanitary sewer collection system serving Navajo Nation communities and develop recommendations and cost estimates for repairing, rehabilitating, and/or replacing system components. Key activities include sewer system evaluation studies,...
This $1,380,720 Formula Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 through the Clean Water State Revolving Fund program (CFDA #66.458) will support planning, design, and construction of a new wastewater treatment plant in Tuba City, Arizona. The Navajo Tribal Utility Authority will receive the full award amount between October 2021 through September 2026 to reduce nutrients and other pollutants discharged on the Navajo Nation by developing new wastewater infrastructure. The...
This is a Formula Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the State Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) Program (CFDA 66.432). The $643,000 grant assists the Navajo Nation in developing and implementing a comprehensive public water system supervision program to enforce the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations and the Safe Drinking Water Act. The key activities and deliverables under this grant include: developing state-level drinking water regulations,...
This $120,000 formula grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 provides funding to the Navajo Nation Tribal Government to carry out its Water Pollution Control Program from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2026. The program aims to maintain, protect, and improve water quality on Navajo Nation lands through activities such as closure of an abandoned artesian well. This supports the goals of the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support...
This $1,014,670 Formula Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (CFDA 66.468) program provides funding to the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community to implement activities that assist public water systems serving tribes to comply with drinking water regulations or further the health protection objectives of the Safe Drinking Water Act. The key activities include: 1) Identifying and categorizing all service lines in the water...
This $162,000 Formula Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support (CFDA 66.419) will fund the Pueblo of San Felipe in New Mexico to carry out a program to maintain, protect, and improve the water quality of its rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater, and other waterbodies. The project will focus on testing surface water quality to assess potential impacts from the nearby Los Alamos National Laboratory,...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $250,000 Formula Grant under the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (CFDA 66.468) program to the Navajo Nation to fund the Navajo Operator Certification Program. This program ensures water operators are certified to the level required of the public water systems they operate and maintain. The grant funding will be used to provide training, examinations, and technical assistance to water operators within the Navajo Nation. The grant period is...
This $115,502 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the State Underground Water Source Protection program (CFDA 66.433) will provide financial assistance to the Navajo Nation Tribal Government for the implementation of its Underground Injection Control (UIC) program. The funding will support the Navajo Nation's oversight of Class II injection wells used for oil and natural gas production activities, with the goal of protecting underground sources of...
This $3,205,000 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (CFDA 66.468) program will provide funding to the San Carlos Apache Tribal Council to replace aging water infrastructure and improve drinking water reliability for the San Carlos Apache Tribe. Specifically, the grant will be used to replace a hydropneumatic tank, booster pumps, and construct a new water storage tank with required piping. These activities are...