Drinking Water Matching Planning Grants help municipal water systems prepare for large, often-costly projects such as troubleshooting source water quality and proposing solutions, reconfiguring water plants to optimize treatment, and determining water main size and locations, among other activities.
Donor Name: Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
State: Delaware
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/15/2023
Size of the Grant: $300,000
Details:
Drinking Water Matching Planning Grant recipients are reimbursed one dollar for every two spent on the approved project up to the grant amount. Reimbursement occurs only on expenses that are incurred and paid by the grant recipient. Matching funds can come directly from the recipient or from other sources such as another grant. If matching funds are to come from other sources, please check with the Division of Public Health as some sources, due to stipulations attached with the money, may not be eligible.
After a grant has been approved, a Memorandum of Understanding is sent to the recipient that contains the final date for reimbursement. Work should not begin until the utility has a copy of their State of Delaware Purchase Order.
Grant Purpose and Eligible Study Types
The purpose of the Drinking Water Matching Planning Grant is to subsidize studies that promote Drinking Water planning and identify projects that may be funded by the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF). Here are the eligible study types, see definitions for a description of each study type:
- General Drinking Water Facility Plan
- Long Range Drinking Water Facility Plan
- Regional Drinking Water Facility Plan
- Environmental Information Document
- Environmental Impact Statement
- Asset or Sustainability Management Plan
- Project Plans and Specifications
- Security or Cyber Security Plans
- Lead Service Line Inventory
- Water System Modeling using WaterCAD/WaterGEM or similar software products, i.e.: modeling to solve chronic water system problems such as low water pressure dead end elimination, determining the best place to add supply, transmission, or storage, and investigating water production capacity of location for intended well locations
Funding Information
Only municipal and county Drinking Water utilities are eligible to obtain a Drinking Water Matching Planning Grant. Drinking Water Matching Planning Grants are budgeted to $300,000 per fiscal year, July 1 to June 30. The annual limit can be from one or multiple planning grants.
For more information, visit DNREC.
