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Find similar grantsThis program from the Illinois EPA provides funding to assist small or disadvantaged communities with construction projects to address PFAS or Manganese in drinking and/or source water. Eligible costs include design engineering, construction engineering, and construction costs.
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Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Communities on the Illinois EPA's Public Water Supply Loan Program Emerging Contaminant Intended Funding Lists for FY2025 and FY2026, which are pre-qualified through the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act (GATA) …. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
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Applications for Emerging Contaminants in Small or Disadvantaged Communities (EC-SDC) Grant Program (Illinois) are due August 31, 2026. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, and final submission checks.
Emerging Contaminants in Small or Disadvantaged Communities (EC-SDC) Grant Program (Illinois) is funded by Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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IDNR's OSLAD program closes at 5:00 p.m. on August 31, 2026, with $37.5 million available, a $1,125,000 ceiling for land acquisition and $600,000 for development. The standard deal is 50/50. The deal that matters for small towns is the full-funding provision for economically distressed communities — and the thing that disqualifies applicants is not the project, it is GATA prequalification.
Read articleOn June 29, 2026, EPA announced it will waive the $25,000 WIFIA application fee and the credit processing fee — averaging roughly $156,000 per loan — for communities of 25,000 or fewer residents in fiscal years 2026 and 2027. Combined, that removes nearly $200,000 in upfront cost from the single most affordable federal water-infrastructure financing program, which carries roughly $11 billion in available capacity and can cover up to 80% of eligible project costs at Treasury-rate pricing. For small towns, rural utilities, and the nonprofits and districts that serve them, this is a rare instance of the federal government lowering the barrier to a program that has historically been out of reach for exactly the communities that need it most. Here is what changed, who qualifies, and how to move on a letter of interest before the window closes.
Read articleFor FY2026 and FY2027, EPA is waiving the $25,000 WIFIA application fee and the ~$156,000 credit-processing fee for water systems serving 25,000 or fewer people — a near-$200,000 discount on access to an $11 billion pool of low-cost federal financing. The waiver removes the single barrier that kept small and rural utilities out of WIFIA for a decade. Here is how WIFIA actually works, who qualifies, why the letter of interest is the real gate, and how a town of 8,000 should think about a program built for billion-dollar projects.
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