The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is accepting applications for its Municipal Dam Grant Program.
Donor Name: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
State: Wisconsin
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/01/2024
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Municipal Dam grant program provides a cost-sharing opportunity for eligible engineering and construction costs for dam maintenance, repair, modification or abandonment and removal up to a maximum of $1,000,000.00. Funding sources outside the applicant’s own resources can be used toward the local match for this grant.
Eligibility Criteria
An applicant must own the entire dam or have permanent legal access for operation and maintenance to the specific piece of land on which the dam is physically located.
Eligible Projects
Eligible projects include dam repair, reconstruction or modification to improve the safety of the dam, or abandonment and removal. The owner must have the inspection directives or an administrative order that requires the dam safety project.
Dam repair/reconstruction/modification project grant awards will cover:
- 50 percent of the first $1,000,000 of eligible project costs;
- 25 percent of the next $2,000,000 of eligible project costs; and
- Dam abandonment and removal project grant awards will cover 100 percent of the first $1,000,000 of eligible project costs.
Eligible Project Sponsor
Cities, towns, villages, counties, tribes, and public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts (lake districts) may apply for grants to conduct dam maintenance, repair, modification or abandonment and removal on dams that they own. Private dam owners are not eligible to apply. Dams that are inspected, approved and licensed by a federal agency under 18 CFR Part 12 are not eligible to receive funding.
For more information, visit DNR.
