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Funding Opportunities
EPA Sites
- Catalog of Federal
Funding Sources for Watershed Protection (Searchable Database)
The Catalog of Federal Funding Sources for Watershed Protection Web site is a searchable database of financial assistance sources (grants, loans, cost-sharing) available to fund a variety of watershed protection projects.
- Watershed
Funding Information
- Process for Applying for
319(h) Funds
- Funding Documents
This is a list of funding documents that the Nonpoint Source Control
Branch at EPA headquarters has found to be especially well
done.
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Applying for and
Administering CWA Section 319 Grants: A Guide for State Nonpoint Source
Agencies
This manual provides an overview of federal grant requirements that will
guide state and territory nonpoint source agency staff when applying for
and administering grants awarded under the Clean Water Act Section 319.
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Nonpoint
Source Minigrants (PDF, 100KB, 38 pages)
This report describes mini-grants programs used by various States,
local agencies, and non-profit organizations to implement efforts
to address nonpoint source pollution and to protect or restore
watersheds. Many of these are implemented as sub-awards, through
State grant or contract mechanisms, of funds received by the
State as part of an EPA grant under Section 319 of the Clean
Water Act. Others are purely State-funded. In addition, the
report closes with some examples of similar mini-grants used
by estuary programs in the National Estuary Program under Section
320 of the CWA. The report is a product of the Grants Workgroup
of the State-EPA
Nonpoint Source Partnership.
- A
State and Local Government Guide to Environmental Program Funding
Alternatives
This document provides an overview of traditional (nongovernmental)
funding mechanisms and innovative approaches for funding environmental
programs.
- Office of Wastewater
Management Financial Assistance page
- Environmental
Finance Program - A Guidebook of Financial Tools
This Guidebook is intended to be a working tool to enable practitioners
in the public and private sector to find the appropriate methods
to pay for environmental protection efforts. The Guidebook does
not explain how or where to apply for nonpoint source related
grants.
- The Clean Water State Revolving Fund - How to Fund Nonpoint Source & Estuary Enhancement Projects (PDF, 1.1MB, 19 pages)
- Cleaning Up Polluted Runoff with the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (PDF, 44KB, 2 pages)
- Capacity
Building Resources
This website, put together by the Nonpoint Source Capacity Building
and Funding Work Group, provides watershed groups and local governments
links to technical tools for scientific support, engineering support,
information technology, assistance with legal issues, project
management, outreach, and planning support. It also provides links
to legal resources for activities such as permitting, enforcement,
contracting, fund raising, and resource management.
Non-EPA Sites 
The inclusion of a link on this page does not constitute an endorsement
by EPA of any organization's policies or activities, or of any item
for sale. EPA makes no guarantees regarding information, data or links
contained on non-EPA web sites. Please note that the following links
will transport you off the EPA server.
- Financing
Stormwater Management
This site was developed by the Center for Urban Policy and the
Environment at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
(IUPUI) in cooperation with the Watershed Management Institute,
Inc. Funding was provided by the EPA. The site includes an annotated
bibliography of existing stormwater finance materials; an archive
that contains selected previously published materials concerning
stormwater finance; a manual that discusses the financing options
available to communities for stormwater management programs; a
set of case studies that describe successful finance mechanisms
that have been used in seven communities around the country; and
a group of links to other useful web sites about stormwater management.
- Nonpoint Finance
Project
The Northeast-Midwest Institute and the Marine Studies Consortium
have launched a Nonpoint Finance Project that seeks to identify
innovative ways to finance nonpoint source pollution reduction.
- The Environmental Finance
Center (U. of Maryland)
The Environmental Finance Center provides technical assistance
to local governments and communities with respect to financing
environmental projects, including nonpoint source pollution.
- How
to Create a Stormwater Utility (PDF, 3MB, 125 pages)
This is a set of documents placed into a single PDF file that
describes the various steps necessary to create an effective stormwater
utility. The document was created by the towns of Chicopee and
South Hadley, Massachusetts using Section 319 grant funds.
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