The agreement provides funding to alaska municipal league

Grant Summary

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Water awarded Alaska Municipal League $1,554,983 under the Technical Assistance for Treatment Works program (CFDA 66.446) effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. This three-year project grant provides training and technical assistance to rural, small, and tribal publicly owned treatment works, municipalities, and decentralized wastewater systems throughout Alaska to improve water quality and achieve compliance with Clean Water Act requirements. No sub-awards are included in this assistance agreement.

The recipient will deliver comprehensive capacity-building services addressing systemic challenges including aging infrastructure, limited rate bases, workforce shortages, hazard mitigation, and environmental change. Key services include asset management planning, energy audits, rate-setting analysis, feasibility studies, and development of shared management models. Program activities encompass on-site technical assistance and training workshops, workforce development programs, health impact assessments, hazard mitigation planning, development of a statewide Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) plan, and implementation of shared asset management software. Expected outcomes include increased numbers of communities with strengthened financial, technical, and managerial capacity that understand water quality standards and achieve regulatory compliance.

Specifically, the recipient will provide training and technical assistance regarding improving water quality and achieving and maintaining water quality compliance to rural, small and/or tribal publicly owned treatment works, municipalities, and decentralized wastewater systems. Activities:the activities include focus on delivering innovative solutions to systemic challenges such as aging infrastructure, limited rate bases, workforce shortages, hazard mitigation, and environmental change. Key services will include asset management planning, energy audits, rate-setting, feasibility studies, planning, and the development of shared management models. These efforts will enable municipalities to optimize system performance, strengthen financial systems, and integrate hazard mitigation and energy efficiency into operations. Key program activities include: conducting on-site technical assistance and training workshops; delivering workforce development programs; conducting health impact assessments and hazard mitigation planning; developing a statewide water infrastructure finance and innovation act (wifia) plan; and, implementing shared asset management software as a utility resource. Subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the anticipated deliverables include development of training and technical assistance programs. Anticipated outcomes include an increased number of communities with stronger financial, technical, and managerial capacity that understand water quality standards and how to achieve compliance with those standards. The intended beneficiaries include individuals who participate in the program, the general public, and rural and small communities.