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Drinking Water Assistance Fund (DWAF) - Emerging Contaminants (e.g., PFAS) is sponsored by Ohio EPA. The DWAF provides financial and technical assistance to public and private water systems to improve or protect drinking water quality. The fund includes support for planning and mitigation related to Emerging Contaminants (EC) such as PFAS.
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Drinking Water Assistance Fund (DWAF) (Ohio) The Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) program is a federal-state partnership to help ensure safe drinking water. Created by the 1996 Amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) the program provides financial support to water systems and to state safe water programs.
This includes projects to:</p><ul><li>Develop or acquire potable water sources;</li><li>Construct/expand water and wastewater treatment facilities;</li><li>Install or improve water distribution and wastewater collection systems;</li><li>Execute well-head protection planning studies; or</li><li>Improve storm water management facilities.
</li></ul><p>In Ohio, applicants will be evaluated based on (1) health related factors; (2) economic affordability; (3) population; (4) median household income; and (5) poverty rate.
</p><p><br></p><p>The long-term DWAF program goals are to:</p><ul><li>Maximize below-market rate loans and subsidies to eligible public water systems for improvements that eliminate public health threats and ensure compliance with federal and state drinking water laws and regulations. </li><li>Target technical assistance to public water systems serving fewer than 10,000 people.
</li><li>Target small and disadvantaged community assistance to reduce the financial impact of capital improvements on customers of small systems and systems serving poorer communities. </li><li>Encourage the regionalization of small public water systems so they may take advantage of economies of scale available to larger water systems.
</li><li>Support extensions of public water systems to address areas of contaminated private water systems. </li><li>Promote the continued development of Asset Management Programs for public water system owners and operators to maintain compliance with the state and federal SDWA requirements. </li><li>Update source water assessments and provide technical assistance to promote locally developed source water protection plans.
</li></ul><p>For the 2024 program year, the short-term DWAF program goals were to:</p><ul><li>The Water Supply Revolving Loan Account (WSRLA) </li><li>The Drinking Water Assistance Fund Administrative Account </li><li>The Small Systems Technical Assistance Account 13 </li><li>The Public Water Systems Supervision (PWSS) Account </li><li>The Local Assistance and Other State Programs Account</li></ul>" /> The Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) program is a federal-state partnership to help en" /> Drinking Water Assistance Fund (DWAF) (Ohio) Grants Office Grantwriting service fee is currently unavailable for this grant Get more information on grantwriting CFDA Number</span>A unique identifier for federal grants that have been assigned a number in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance" class="TipThis" src="https://www.
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<br/>"A" Grants are specifically created to fund technology. IT makes up 80-100% (est.) of most awards.
<br/>"B" Grants can fund IT (like an "A" Grant) if the applicant chooses to use it for that purpose. They usually fund other initiatives as well. <br/>"C" ” Grants can include technology as part of a larger project.
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Created by the 1996 Amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) the program provides financial support to water systems and to state safe water programs.
This includes projects to: Develop or acquire potable water sources; Construct/expand water and wastewater treatment facilities; Install or improve water distribution and wastewater collection systems; Execute well-head protection planning studies; or Improve storm water management facilities.
In Ohio, applicants will be evaluated based on (1) health related factors; (2) economic affordability; (3) population; (4) median household income; and (5) poverty rate. The long-term DWAF program goals are to: Maximize below-market rate loans and subsidies to eligible public water systems for improvements that eliminate public health threats and ensure compliance with federal and state drinking water laws and regulations.
Target technical assistance to public water systems serving fewer than 10,000 people. Target small and disadvantaged community assistance to reduce the financial impact of capital improvements on customers of small systems and systems serving poorer communities. Encourage the regionalization of small public water systems so they may take advantage of economies of scale available to larger water systems.
Support extensions of public water systems to address areas of contaminated private water systems. Promote the continued development of Asset Management Programs for public water system owners and operators to maintain compliance with the state and federal SDWA requirements. Update source water assessments and provide technical assistance to promote locally developed source water protection plans.
For the 2024 program year, the short-term DWAF program goals were to: The Water Supply Revolving Loan Account (WSRLA) The Drinking Water Assistance Fund Administrative Account The Small Systems Technical Assistance Account 13 The Public Water Systems Supervision (PWSS) Account The Local Assistance and Other State Programs Account Funding History</span>Insight into the past years’ funding for this grant, if available" class="TipThis" src="https://www.
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During PY 2021, the WSRLA will offer the following finance structures: standard, small system, short term, negotiated linked deposit, supplemental loan, regionalization and disadvantaged community interest rates. Contacts</span>Official contacts for this grant opportunity" class="TipThis" src="https://www. itgrants.
info/icons/Sigma/About_16x16_Standard. png" border="0" style="cursor: pointer; position: relative; top: 3px;" /> 50 West Town Street, Suite 700 City/State/Zip: Columbus, Telephone: (614) 644-3636 URL: https://epa. ohio.
gov/ddagw/financialassistance#113402734-drinking-water-assistance-fund Department: Division of Environmental and Financial Assistance 50 West Town Street, Suite 700 City/State/Zip: Columbus, URL: https://epa. ohio. gov/ddagw/financialassistance#113402734-drinking-water-assistance-fund <br />Due to the nature of grantwriting, some grants cost more than others.
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png" border="0" style="cursor: pointer; position: relative; top: 3px;" /> Eligible applicants are Ohio departments, divisions, or other units of state government, watershed districts, soil and water conservation districts, municipal corporations, counties, townships, and other political subdivisions, special water districts, including county and regional sewer and water districts, conservancy districts, sanitary districts, sewer districts, or any other public corporation or agency having the authority to acquire, construct, or operate waste water or water management facilities.
Deadline Details</span>Important time frames associated with the program such as submission schedules and deadlines for letters of intent to apply" class="TipThis" src="https://www. itgrants. info/icons/Sigma/About_16x16_Standard.
png" border="0" style="cursor: pointer; position: relative; top: 3px;" /> Application deadlines vary by program category. Interested applicants are encouraged to first discuss their project with the Financial Assistance Program Office at (614) 644-2752. Applications projects that include construction of, or improvements to, water treatment plants must are to be submitted by August 31, 2023.
Applications for all other program categories are to be submitted by October 31, 2023. Similar deadlines are anticipated annually. Award Details</span>Further information about awards through this program, such as total program funding, maximum, minimum, average or range of award amounts, expected number of awards, and funding period" class="TipThis" src="https://www.
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EPA is seeking insightful, expert, and cost-effective applications from eligible applicants to provide the Chesapeake Bay Program’s non-federal partners with technical analysis and programmatic evaluation support related to water quality modeling and monitoring and spatial systems to manage, analyze, and map environmental data. The project assists the partners in meeting their restoration and protection goals and in increasing the transfer of scientific understanding to the Chesapeake Bay Program modeling, monitoring, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) activities. The recipient will support modeling, monitoring, and GIS programs needed to explain and communicate the health of and changes in the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem. Funding Opportunity Number: EPA-R3-CBP-23-18. Assistance Listing: 66.466. Funding Instrument: CA. Category: ENV. Award Amount: Up to $5.3M per award.
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