Training and Technical Assistance to Improve Water Quality and Enable Small Public Water Systems to Provide Safe Drinking Water

For programmatic, technical, and eligibility questions:
Brianna Knoppow
smallsystemsRFA@epa.gov

Grants.gov contact center:
800.518.4726
support@grants.gov
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This program provides grants for nonprofit organizations to provide training and technical assistance to small public water and wastewater systems, onsite/decentralized wastewater systems, and private well owners. Funds are intended to significantly benefit the quality and safety of rural, small, and tribal water systems.

Projects should address one of the national priority areas listed below.

• National Priority Area 1: Training and technical assistance for small public water systems to achieve and maintain compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), including improving financial and managerial capacity
• National Priority Area 2: Training and technical assistance for small publicly-owned wastewater systems and onsite/decentralized wastewater systems to help improve water quality and sustainable operations
• National Priority Area 3: Training and technical assistance for private well owners to help improve water quality

Detailed information on eligible activities under each priority area is provided in the application instructions.

Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations, nonprofit private universities and colleges, and public institutions of higher education.

Award ceiling: $13,000,000
Expected number of awards: 5
Project period: 2 years
Total funding available: $30,700,000

Applicants must contribute 10% of the total amount of federal funding requested through non-federal cash and/or in-kind matching funds.

Links to the full announcement, application instructions, and the online application process are available through grants.gov and the EPA website.

Applicant assistance:

• Frequently asked questions
• Past projects
• EPA Real Water TA Initiative