The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is seeking applications to improve water quality in Colorado by providing grant funds for water quality improvement projects and stormwater management training and best practices using civil penalties from water quality violations.
Donor Name: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
States: Colorado
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/20/2023
Size of the Grant: $300,000
Grant Duration: 3 years
Details:
The Water Quality Improvement Fund (WQIF) is a Colorado state grant program funded by civil penalties collected for water quality violations. It is part of the Water Quality Control Commission’s Regulation 55 – State Funded Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Programs.
Funding Information
- Category 1 – Stormwater Management and Best Management Practices Training:
- With the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 appropriations, the legislature increased the WQCD’s annual spending authority to $300,000.
- The Fiscal Year allocation for each grant is open for a period of approximately three years.
Eligible Project
Projects eligible for funding must fall within these categories:
- Stormwater management and best management practices training
- Projects to improve water quality where there has been a civil penalty imposed for a water quality violation
- Planning, design, construction, or repair of stormwater projects or domestic wastewater treatment facilities currently on the State Revolving Fund Intended Use Plan
- Nonfederal match funding for nonpoint source projects.
Eligibility Criteria
Entities eligible for funding include:
- Governmental agencies
- Publicly owned water systems
- Private not-for-profit public water systems
- Not-for-profit stormwater program administrators or training providers
- Not-for-profit watershed groups
- Private landowners impacted by a water quality violation.
For more information, visit CDPHE.
