See Also
Drinking Water Construction Loans
Drinking Water Planning Grants
Nonpoint Source Management §319 Subgrants
Wastewater Construction Loans
Wastewater Planning Grants
Contact DEQ
Regional
Office
Water Quality Managers
State
Office
Water
Quality Division
Tim Wendland
(208) 373-0439
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Funding Opportunities for Water-Related Projects:
Overview
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| DEQ
administers federal and state funds used to provide grants and low-interest
loans to eligible entities to conduct specific activities designed
to improve the quality of Idaho's water resources. Each grant and
loan has its own application requirements and time schedule. Follow
the links below for more in-depth information for each type of grant
and loan.
In
addition, DEQ often receives notice of funding
opportunities for water quality improvement projects from other
agencies and organizations and passes relevant informtion on to
stakeholders. These are not DEQ-administered funds or programs
and DEQ is not involved in decisions relating to them, but provides
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| Drinking Water Construction Loans
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DEQ's
Drinking Water Construction Loan Fund provides below-market-rate
interest loans to help repair or build new drinking water facilities.
Eligible facilities include water supply, treatment, storage, and
distribution facilities. Loans of up to 100% of project costs may
be awarded for project design and/or construction.
Generally,
these loans come with a low interest rate and must be fully repaid
within 20 years of project completion. However, some applicants
may qualify as "disadvantaged" and may be eligible for
an even lower interest rate and a longer repayment schedule.
more. |
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| Drinking Water Planning Grants
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DEQ's Drinking Water Planning
Grant Program provides assistance to eligible public drinking water
systems for facility planning projects designed to ensure safe and
adequate supplies of drinking water. Grants awarded under this program
may be used to develop engineering reports identifying the most
cost-effective, environmentally sound method of upgrading a public
drinking water system to achieve and maintain compliance with state
and federal standards. Grants cover up to 50% of eligible planning
costs, with a matching share funded by local sources. more.
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| Nonpoint Source Management §319
Subgrants |
Section
319 of the Clean Water Act established a grant program under which
states, territories, and tribes may receive funds to support a wide
variety of nonpoint
source pollution management activities. DEQ is the state agency
responsible for administering this grant program in Idaho.
A successful grant must focus on
improving the water quality of lakes, streams, rivers, and aquifers.
Funds may be used to address a variety of nonpoint source management
and prevention activities in the areas of agriculture, urban storm
water runoff, transportation, silviculture/forestry, mining, ground
water activities, and hydrologic and habitat modification and related
activities. more. |
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| Source Water Protection Grants |
DEQ’s Source Water Protection Grants provide funding for projects to protect sources of public drinking water. Projects can take either a local or regional approach. Local projects will concentrate on protection of a specific community public water supply system while regional protection activities will cover multiple systems and communities.
Types of projects that are eligible for funding include those that are associated with source water protection measures. Operations and maintenance of the system and water treatment are not eligible activities. Community involvement and education is a central theme in these grants, and projects will be expected to provide long-term benefits to drinking water quality, quantity, awareness, and/or security.
> Link to Source Water Protection Grant Application. Due May 30, 2008. |
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| Wastewater Construction Loans
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The
Water Pollution Control State Revolving Loan Fund provides below-market-rate
interest loans to help build new or repair existing wastewater treatment
facilities. Eligible facilities include treatment plants, interceptor
sewers, and collector sewers.
Loans of up to 100% of project
costs may be awarded for project design and/or
construction. Loans also may be awarded to address nonpoint source
pollution control activities such as effluent trading, upgrading or
replacing individual septic tanks, restoring wetlands, treating and
controlling storm water, and dealing with agricultural runoff. These
loans must be fully repaid within 20 years of project completion.
more. |
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| Wastewater Planning Grants |
| DEQ's
Wastewater Planning Grant Program provides financial assistance to
eligible entities in Idaho planning to upgrade municipal or non-profit wastewater facilities.
Grants awarded under this program must be used entirely to prepare
facility plans that identify the most cost effective, environmentally
sound methods to upgrade eligible wastewater systems to achieve and
maintain compliance with state and federal standards. Grants cover
up to 50% of eligible planning costs, with the grantee providing a
matching share from local sources. more.
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| Other Funding Opportunities |
| Directory of Watershed Resources, Environmental Finance Center Network |
The
funding opportunities listed under "Other Funding Opportunities"
are listed solely as a public service and are
not provided through
DEQ. DEQ's publication
of these funding opportunities does not constitute an endorsement
of any of the organizations providing funding.
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