The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality is requesting proposals for its Mississippi Municipality & County Water Infrastructure Grant Program to provide matching funds to eligible entities for making necessary investments in water, waste water and stormwater infrastructure.
Donor Name: Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
State: Mississippi
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/30/2022
Size of the Grant: $1,000,000
Details:
Funding Information
MCWI grants will only match Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Funds. For municipalities that received less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) in Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, MCWI grant funds are available on a two-to-one matching basis.
Who is eligible to receive MCWI grant funds?
- To be eligible to receive MCWI grant funds, an Applicant must be a municipality, county, or public utility that is not regulated by the Public Service Commission. Additionally, Applicants must be an operator-member of Mississippi 811, Inc., and have (or will have) Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Funds.
- To be eligible to receive funds under the MCWI Grant Program, the applying entity must be a county, municipality or public utility not regulated by the Public Service Commission and have (or will have) Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Funds. While universities did receive ARPA funding under the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund, these funds are not Local Fiscal Recovery Funds and, as such, do not qualify for MCWI matching grants. Specifically, Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds are authorized under Section 2003 of ARPA while Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Funds are authorized by Section 9901 of ARPA. In addition, entities qualifying as public utilities for purpose of the MCWI Grant Program are required to receive compensation for the utility services they provide. Further, MDEQ’s understanding is that the legislative intent of Senate Bill 2822 was to limit eligible public utilities to those entities whose primary purpose is to provide utility services to the public. As the primary purpose of universities / colleges / community colleges is not to provide utility services to the public, those entities would not quality as public utilities for purposes of the MCWI Grant Program.
For more information, visit MDEQ.
