# Nonpoint Source Implementation Grants (66.460)

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Nonpoint Source Implementation Grants is run by Environmental Protection Agency. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $595 million in 295 grants, about $2.0 million per award.

## Objectives

To assist States, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands (hereinafter referred to as States), and qualified Indian Tribes and intertribal consortia in implementing EPA-approved Section 319 nonpoint source management programs. EPA's awards grants that implement a grant recipient's nonpoint source management program plan, particularly the development and implementation of watershed-based plans, focusing on watersheds with water quality impairments caused by nonpoint sources, which result in improved water quality in impaired waters. These watershed plans are a mechanism to coordinate monitoring and planning on a watershed basis and will build a foundation for effective implementation actions using federal and other funding. Nonpoint source implementation projects include best management practice (BMP) installation for animal wastes, sediment, pesticide and fertilizer control, a variety of other structural and non-structural practices, watershed planning, monitoring, watershed coordinators, technology demonstration, and a variety of education/outreach programs, among others.

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $132 million | 95 |
| 2022 | $123 million | 81 |
| 2023 | $123 million | 72 |
| 2024 | $118 million | 72 |
| 2025 | $99.8 million | 56 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| State of California Water Resources Control Board | California | $44.3 million |
| Illinois Environmental Protection Agency | Illinois | $27.5 million |
| Florida Department of Environmental Protection | Florida | $26.2 million |
| The State of Ohio Office of Budget and Management | Ohio | $25.2 million |
| Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection | Pennsylvania | $25.0 million |
| Texas State Soil & Water Conservation Board | Texas | $20.1 million |
| North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality | North Dakota | $20.0 million |
| Environmental Management, Indiana Department of. | Indiana | $19.0 million |
| Iowa Department of Natural Resources | Iowa | $18.9 million |
| Arkansas Natural Resources Commission | Arkansas | $16.6 million |
| State of Washington | Washington | $16.0 million |
| Department of Natural Resources | Georgia | $15.7 million |
| North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality | North Carolina | $15.6 million |
| Kansas Department of Health & Environment | Kansas | $15.3 million |
| Texas Commission on Environmental Quality | Texas | $14.7 million |
| Minnesota Pollution Control Agency | Minnesota | $14.5 million |
| The South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources | South Dakota | $13.5 million |
| Oklahoma Secretary of Energy and Environment | Oklahoma | $13.4 million |
| Department of Environmental Quality Mississippi | Mississippi | $12.8 million |
| Nebraska Department of Water, Energy, and Environment | Nebraska | $12.6 million |

## Open opportunities

- [Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Funding Opportunity for Indian Tribes and Intertribal Consortia for Nonpoint Source Management Grants Under Clean Water Act Section 319](https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/epa-ow-owow-26-01-fiscal-year-fy-2026-funding-opportunity-for-indian/), closes November 9, 2026