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Clean Water Act Section 319

Congress amended the Clean Water Act (CWA) in 1987 to establish the section 319 Nonpoint Source Management Program because it recognized the need for greater federal leadership to help focus State and local nonpoint source efforts. Under section 319, State, Territories, and Indian Tribes receive grant money which support a wide variety of activities including technical assistance, financial assistance, education, training, technology transfer, demonstration projects, and monitoring to assess the success of specific nonpoint source implementation projects.

  • Section 319 of the Clean Water Act
    Text of section 319 from the CWA.

  • Process for Applying for 319(h) Funds

  • 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.

  • Section 319 Final Project Reports (PDF, 3.3MB)
    This document describes the purpose of section 319 final reports, the information that should be included in the report, examples of especially effective elements from 319 reports, and ways to expand the final report to be used for outreach and education, building partnerships, and many other uses.

  • Tribal Information

  • Section 319 National Monitoring Program Exit EPA Disclaimer
    The Section 319 National Monitoring Program projects comprise a small subset of NPS pollution control projects funded under Section 319 of the Clean Water Act as amended in 1987. The goal of the program is to support 20 to 30 watershed projects nationwide that meet a minimum set of project planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation requirements designed to lead to successful documentation of project effectiveness with respect to water quality protection or improvement.

  • Section 319 Nonpoint Source National Monitoring Program Successes and Recommendations (November 2000 -- pre-print) Exit EPA Disclaimer
    The Section 319 National Monitoring Program projects have quantified water quality improvements from nonpoint source controls and strengthened strategies for effective future watershed programs. Highlights are given from each of the 23 Section 319 National Monitoring Program projects.

  • Section 319 Nonpoint Source Success Stories
    This document demonstrates the successful implementation of the section 319 Clean Water Act Nonpoint Source program. The report provides examples of successful solutions to a variety of water quality problems caused by nonpoint source pollution.

  • Section 319 Success Stories: Volume II
    This document is the second volume of Section 319 Success Stories. The document gives examples of success stories that have come with the maturation of state nonpoint source programs.

  • Section 319 Success Stories: Volume III
    This document is the third volume of Section 319 Success Stories. It contains approximately two new stories per state, highlighting some of the additional successes achieved since the 1997 publication. These stories demonstrate better-defined water quality improvements, as well as growing partnerships and funding sources, as state 319 programs expand and states learn increasingly more from past 319 demonstration projects.

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