The New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation (EFC) is offering $225 million in grants for clean and drinking water projects during the 2022-2023 state fiscal year to selected municipalities with infrastructure projects that protect public health and/or improve water quality.
Donor Name: New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation
State: New York
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/09/2022
Size of the Grant: $5 million
Details:
Various types of clean and drinking water infrastructure projects are eligible to apply for grants, including critical water infrastructure projects that combat emerging contaminants (EC), such as PFOA, PFOS and 1,4 dioxane with system upgrades and innovative pilot technologies, along with those that address combined and/or sanitary sewer overflow impacts from sustained rain events.
WIIA provides competitive grants to help municipalities fund water quality infrastructure projects. WIIA grants are available for wastewater and drinking water projects that protect or improve water quality and/or protect public health. Municipalities may submit applications for multiple projects, including wastewater, sewer and drinking water projects.
IMG is available for both drinking water and wastewater/sewer (clean water) projects that serve multiple municipalities, such as a shared water quality infrastructure project or the interconnection of multiple municipal water systems.
Available Funding
- WIIA Clean Water Projects
- An applicant with an eligible clean water project may receive a WIIA grant award as described below:
- A project, including all phases of the project, may be awarded the lesser of $25 million or 25% of net eligible project costs (total eligible project costs less any third-party grants awarded in respect of the project).
- Any grants administered through EFC will not be used to calculate net eligible project costs. Municipalities may apply for this grant on more than one project, but each municipality is limited to receiving no more than a $5 million allocation per year. If a municipality is awarded grant funds totaling more than $5 million for a project or projects, the grant(s) will be allocated over multiple years in increments not to exceed $5 million per year.
- An applicant with an eligible clean water project may receive a WIIA grant award as described below:
- WIIA Drinking Water Projects
- An applicant with an eligible drinking water project may receive a WIIA grant award as described below:
- A project addressing an emerging contaminant above the State determined Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) would be awarded 60% of net eligible project costs.
- A project that does not address emerging contaminants, including phases of the project, would be awarded the lesser of $5 million or 60% of net eligible project costs.
- Municipalities may apply for this grant on more than one project, but each municipality is limited to receiving no more than $5 million per year. Municipalities are limited to $5 million of combined Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) grant, including BIL General Supplemental and Emerging Contaminants (but excluding Lead Service Line Replacement), and WIIA grants annually.
- An applicant with an eligible drinking water project may receive a WIIA grant award as described below:
- IMG Clean Water and Drinking Water Projects
- Cooperating municipalities with an eligible project may receive an IMG grant award as described below:
- The lesser of $30 million or 40% of net eligible project costs. Municipalities may apply for this grant on more than one project, but each municipality is limited to receiving no more than a $10 million allocation per year. If a municipality is awarded grant funds totaling more than $10 million for a project or projects, the grant(s) will be allocated over multiple years in increments not to exceed $10 million per year.
- Cooperating municipalities with an eligible project may receive an IMG grant award as described below:
Funding Information
Drinking Water WIIA grant maximum award cap has increased from $3 million to $5 million.
Eligibility Criteria
- WIIA and IMG grants are available only to the following: county, city, town, village, district corporation, county or town improvement district, school district, Indian nation or tribe recognized by the state or the United States with a reservation wholly or partly within the boundaries of New York State, any public benefit corporation or public authority established pursuant to the laws of New York or any agency of the State that is empowered to construct and operate a water quality infrastructure project.
- Eligible projects include water quality infrastructure projects at municipally-owned sewage treatment works OR municipally-owned public water systems for:
- Construction, replacement, or repair of infrastructure; or
- Compliance with environmental and public health laws and regulations related to water quality.
- Each WIIA project must meet the following criteria:
- Result in construction for the requested scope;
- Not have started construction before October 1, 2021;
- Include the applicable EFC terms and conditions in contracts under construction, noted in the Program Requirements section; and
- Not have completed construction before July 1, 2022.
- Each IMG project must meet the following criteria:
- Serve multiple municipalities;
- Be a shared drinking water or sewage treatment infrastructure project, such as: o More than one municipality undertaking a capital improvement project jointly,
- Consolidation of intermunicipal facilities,
- Shared water quality infrastructure,
- Regional wastewater treatment facilities for multiple municipalities, or
- The interconnection of multiple municipal water systems;
For more information, visit NYSFC.
