The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office for Water awarded a $15,400,000 Project Grant under the Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Training Grants - Section 1442 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (CFDA 66.424) program to Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated. Through this funding, the organization will provide technical, managerial, and financial capacity-building training and technical assistance to operators, board members, and managers of tribal and...
The University of New Mexico received a $6,000,000 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Office for Water - Funding Office under the Technical Assistance for Treatment Works (Clean Water Act [CWA] Section 104(b)(8)) program (CFDA 66.446). The grant provides funding for the Southwest Environmental Finance Center (SW EFC) to deliver training and technical assistance to rural, small, and tribal communities. Key activities include community outreach, project development, capacity...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $14,300,000 Project Grant to the Rural Community Assistance Partnership (RCAP) under the Safe Drinking Water Act's Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Training Grants program (CFDA 66.424). Through this funding, RCAP and its network of over 350 field staff and project partners will provide technical, managerial, and financial capacity-building training and technical assistance to operators, board members, and...
This $1,000,000 project grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Office for Water under the Section 104(b)(3) Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Training Grants and Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.436) supports the Environmental Finance Center Network in increasing the technical, managerial, and financial capacity of small wastewater systems and onsite/decentralized wastewater systems. The University of New Mexico serves as the lead awardee coordinating seven...
The University of New Mexico (UNM) was awarded a $5,564,445 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Training Grants program (CFDA 66.424) to provide training and technical assistance to improve small public water system compliance across the United States.
The grant's purpose is to mitigate barriers for small, disadvantaged communities by improving the technical, managerial, and financial capacity of their water...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $8,800,000 Project Grant to the National Rural Water Association (NRWA) under the Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Training Grants program (CFDA 66.424). Through this one-year grant, NRWA will deliver training and technical assistance to small public water systems (PWSs) serving populations under 10,000 people in small, rural, and disadvantaged communities. The goal is to promote compliance with the Safe Drinking Water...
This $1,375,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Training Grants and Cooperative Agreements - Section 104(b)(3) of the Clean Water Act program (CFDA 66.436) will provide training and technical assistance to small publicly owned wastewater systems and onsite/decentralized wastewater systems across the U.S., its territories, and tribal lands. The grant recipient, the University of New...
The University of New Mexico received a $3,000,000 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Office for Water - Funding Office under the Clean Water Act Section 104(b)(8) "Technical Assistance for Treatment Works" program (CFDA 66.446). The grant will fund the Environmental Finance Center Network (EFCN) team to provide training and technical assistance across all 50 U.S. states, 5 territories, and tribal communities on topics such as decentralized wastewater systems,...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a $7,051,574 Cooperative Agreement to the Environmental Policy Innovation Center (EPIC) under the Environmental Finance Center (EFC) Grants program (CFDA 66.203). The primary objectives of this award are to: 1) Provide direct water technical assistance (TA) to 45 underserved and disadvantaged communities (DACs) over the first two years, with the goal of helping them access and utilize Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funds for...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $250,000 Project Grant to Northwest Indian College (NWIC) under the Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Training Grants program (CFDA 66.424). The funding will enable NWIC to develop a Tribal Drinking Water Certificate Program over a 2-year period, with the goal of creating a workforce with strong community connections to serve Tribal communities. Key project activities include conducting a feasibility study, hosting...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded a $2.97 million Project Grant to the Southwest Environmental Finance Center at the University of New Mexico from August 2021 to January 2024 under the Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Training Grants program (CFDA 66.424) of the Safe Drinking Water Act. The funding supports increasing the technical, managerial, and financial capacity of small public water systems through comprehensive training and technical assistance delivered by the Environmental Finance Center Network. Sub-awards were provided to eleven organizations across eight states and territories to conduct over 200 trainings, webinars, technical assistances, and develop educational resources. Products include workshops, webinars, consultation, written materials, and online tools. The goal is enhancing small water systems' ability to provide safe drinking water and ensure regulatory compliance through strengthened operational management.