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EPA-OW-OGWDW-24-03: Reducing Lead in Drinking Water Grant Program

Closed Closed December 30, 2024 Opportunity EPA-OW-OGWDW-24-03 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. Who won this program's grants before is below, and similar open grants are at the end of the page. It is in our archive of Environmental Protection Agency notices from 2024.

• Award ceiling$10.0 million
• Award floor$5.0 million
• Total funding$35.0 million
• Expected awards9
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement, Grant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

See Section III of the Notice of Funding Opportunity for eligibility information.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Reducing Lead in Drinking Water (SDWA 1459B) awards averaged $4.4 million; this notice allows up to $10.0 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (92% over five years) went to state and local governments.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The EPA is soliciting applications from eligible applicants for lead reduction projects in disadvantaged communities in two National Priority Areas as described in the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). The EPA expects to make at least one award under each National Priority Area but may redistribute the awards differently based on the quality of applications received and other applicable considerations. Awards made under the funding opportunity are intended to promote public health and support the Justice40 initiative by addressing conditions that contribute to increased concentrations of lead in drinking water. Proposed projects must include at least one or more disadvantaged community. Applications will be evaluated based on the extent to which the proposed project:(i) is in and/or benefits a disadvantaged community(ies); (ii) benefits drinking water systems with at least one lead action level exceedance within the last three years or addresses lead levels in drinking water in schools/childcare facilities; and (iii) supports the Justice40 initiative. Please see the NOFO for further details.

Category: Environment.

Applying now

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