# Beach Monitoring and Notification Program Implementation Grants (66.472)

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Publisher: Well Told Grants. Data: USAspending.gov and Grants.gov, updated November 7, 2026.

Beach Monitoring and Notification Program Implementation Grants is run by Environmental Protection Agency. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $38.6 million in 131 grants, about $294,626 per award.

## Objectives

To assist Coastal and Great Lakes States, Territories, and Tribes eligible under Section 518(e) of the Clean Water Act, as amended, in developing and implementing programs that monitor bacterial water quality and notify the public for coastal recreation waters adjacent to beaches or similar points of access that are used by the public. EPA's funding priority is to award grants to (1) applicants whose proposals clearly demonstrate a state's, tribe's, territory's, or local government's ability to monitor coastal and Great Lakes recreational waters; notify the public of risks; manage programs; and communicate among environmental and public health agencies and the public and (2) applicants eligible to develop a program to do these actions.

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $9.2 million | 39 |
| 2022 | $7.3 million | 28 |
| 2023 | $6.9 million | 26 |
| 2024 | $7.4 million | 30 |
| 2025 | $7.7 million | 30 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| State of California Water Resources Control Board | California | $2.6 million |
| Florida Department of Health | Florida | $2.5 million |
| Texas General Land Office | Texas | $1.9 million |
| Louisiana Department of Health | Louisiana | $1.8 million |
| Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy | Michigan | $1.8 million |
| Hawaii Department of Health | Hawaii | $1.6 million |
| Department of Public Health Illinois | Illinois | $1.4 million |
| Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | Wisconsin | $1.4 million |
| Ohio Department of Health | Ohio | $1.4 million |
| NYS Department of Health | New York | $1.3 million |
| The Environment Maryland Department of | Maryland | $1.3 million |
| Natural and Environmental Resources, Department of | Puerto Rico | $1.3 million |
| Massachusetts Department of Public Health | Massachusetts | $1.3 million |
| Department of Environmental Protection Maine | Maine | $1.3 million |
| Minnesota Department of Health | Minnesota | $1.3 million |
| Environmental Management, Indiana Department of. | Indiana | $1.2 million |
| North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality | North Carolina | $1.2 million |
| State of Washington | Washington | $1.2 million |
| Department of Natural Resources | Georgia | $1.1 million |
| Commonwealth of Virginia State Board of Health | Virginia | $1.1 million |