Midsize and Large Drinking Water System Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Program – Safe Drinking Water Act 1459F
Program Funding
Annual program obligations reported to SAM.gov.
Program Objective
The purpose of this grant program is to increase drinking water system resilience to natural hazards and extreme weather events and reduce cybersecurity vulnerabilities. Grant funding can be used to assist in the planning, design, construction, implementation, operation, or maintenance of a program or project that increases resilience to natural hazards and extreme weather events or reduces cybersecurity vulnerabilities. Funding priority is for projects that increase drinking water system resilience to natural hazards and extreme weather events or reduces cybersecurity vulnerabilities in public water systems that serve a community with a population of 10,000 or more. Eligible activities for funding include planning, design, construction, implementation, operation, or maintenance of a program or project that increases resilience to natural hazards and extreme weather events, or reduces cybersecurity vulnerabilities, through: (1) the conservation of water or the enhancement of water-use efficiency; (2) the modification or relocation of existing drinking water system infrastructure made, or that is at risk of being, significantly impaired by natural hazards or extreme weather events, including risks to drinking water from flooding; (3) the design or construction of new or modified desalination facilities to serve existing communities; (4) the enhancement of water supply through the use of watershed management and source water protection; (5) the enhancement of energy efficiency or the use and generation of renewable energy in the conveyance or treatment of drinking water; (6) the development and implementation of measures- (A) to increase the resilience of the eligible entity to natural hazards and extreme weather events; or (B) to reduce cybersecurity vulnerabilities; (7) the conservation of water or the enhancement of a water supply through the implementation of water reuse measures; or (8) the formation of regional water partnerships to collaboratively address documented water shortages.
Eligibility
Eligible Applicants
- Other
Eligible applicants are public water systems that serve a community with a population of 10,000 or more. For certain competitive funding opportunities under this assistance listing, the Agency may limit eligibility to compete to a number or subset of eligible applicants consistent with the Agency’s Assistance Agreement Competition Policy.
How to Apply
Award Procedure
For competitive awards, EPA will review and evaluate applications in accordance with the terms, conditions, and criteria stated in the competitive announcement. Competitions will be conducted in accordance with EPA policies/regulations for competing assistance agreements.
Approximately 180 days.
Program details & compliance
Description
To assist public water systems with a population of 10,000 or more individuals to increase drinking water system resilience to natural hazards and extreme weather events or reduce cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
Mission Categories
Primary: Community Water Supply
Use of Funds
Allowed Uses
Funds are provided to eligible applicants to carry out projects and activities needed for public water systems serving communities of 10,000 or more to increase drinking water system resilience to natural hazards and extreme weather events, and reduce cybersecurity vulnerabilities. Assistance agreement awards under this program may involve or relate to geospatial information. Further information regarding geospatial information may be obtained by viewing the following website: Geospatial Resources at EPA. Specific uses and restrictions on funds will be described in detail in the competitive announcements. This program makes Federal awards on a discretionary basis. A discretionary award means an award in which the Federal awarding agency, in keeping with specific statutory authority that enables the agency to exercise judgement (“discretion”), selects the recipient and/or the amount of Federal funding awarded through a competitive process or based on merit of proposals. A discretionary award may be selected on a non-competitive basis, as appropriate. For further information, please contact the Headquarters or regional office.
Matching Requirements
A non-federal cost share or match of 10 percent of the total project cost is required. Match may be cash or in-kind consistent with the regulations governing match requirements at 2 CFR 200 and 1500 as applicable. Specific matching requirements will be described in detail in the competitive announcement.
Reporting & Compliance
Applicable 2 CFR 200 Subparts
- Subpart B — General Provisions
- Subpart C — Pre-Federal Award Requirements
- Subpart D — Post-Federal Award Requirements
- Subpart E — Cost Principles
- Subpart F — Audit Requirements