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 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...
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...
The University of New Mexico (UNM) received a $5,564,445 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Training Grants - Section 1442 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (CFDA 66.424) program. The award's purpose is to improve small water system compliance by providing training and technical assistance to rural, small, and tribal systems across all 50 states, territories, and tribal entities. Key activities include delivering...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Technical Assistance for Treatment Works program (CFDA 66.446) provides $3,000,000 in funding to the Rural Community Assistance Partnership, Inc. (RCAP) to deliver technical assistance and training to owners, operators, and managers of small publicly owned treatment works (POTWs) and onsite/decentralized wastewater systems. The activities include in-person and remote capacity building in technical, managerial,...
The American Water Works Association (Awwa) received a $291,122 Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency Office for Water through the Innovative Water Infrastructure Workforce Development Program (SDWA 1459E) to implement a water leadership training program. The grant period is from March 1, 2022 to February 28, 2024. Under the award, Awwa will train 50 current water utility employees from around the country to prepare them for leadership roles through an experiential water...
This $1,723,192 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 under the State Underground Water Source Protection program (CFDA 66.433) will support the Alaska Department of Administration's Oil and Gas Conservation Commission in implementing its underground injection control (UIC) program. The funding will enable the commission to develop and maintain inventories of injection systems, create compliance databases for underground injection wells, conduct...
This federal Project Grant award, valued at $600,000.00 and provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Drinking Water System Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Program (CFDA 66.448), funds the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community to assist underserved and small or disadvantaged communities in increasing the resilience of their drinking water systems to natural hazards. The key activities include planning and design for an integrated water resources management...
The National Rural Water Association (NRWA) was awarded an $8.58 million Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Office for Water under the Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Training Grants - Section 1442 of the Safe Drinking Water Act program (CFDA 66.424). The award will support NRWA's implementation of training and technical assistance for small public water systems to achieve and maintain compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act from August 1, 2022 to...
This $748,000 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 California Department of Conservation (DOC) to ensure underground sources of drinking water are protected from contamination through underground injection activities. The key products and services to be delivered include: developing and maintaining inventories of injection systems; creating and...