The California State Parks, Division of Boating and Waterways is seeking applications for its Sewage Management Education and Outreach Grant Program.
Donor Name: Division of Boating and Waterways (DBW)
State: California
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/17/2026
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Objectives
- Education and Outreach:
- Effectively and creatively educate and conduct outreach to the boating community within one of the two geographic regions about vessel sewage related issues, impacts, resources available to them, and proper vessel sewage disposal practices that reduce the amount of sewage from entering our waterways and encourage the use of pumpout facilities, dump stations, and mobile pumpout services.
- Conduct outreach to boating facility operators about the availability of DBW grants to install and maintain pumpout and dump stations at their facility.
- Pumpout/Dump Station Monitoring:
- Assist DBW in determining the status, repair needs, and usage of pumpout and dump stations in the two geographic regions.
- Monitoring must include the use, update, maintenance, and metric gathering of the Pumpout Nav App on a regular basis as well as development of new features that will improve the existing Pumpout Nav App. The selected grantees will provide training and technical assistance to boaters and partnering agencies to maintain the Nav App as a valuable boater tool.
Outcomes
- Increase public boater awareness of proper vessel sewage disposal techniques and consequences of improper disposal.
- Assist DBW in determining the use, operational status, and condition of the sewage pumpout and dump station systems in the geographic regions.
- Assist marina owners/operators with expediting pumpout repair, provide data about pumpout and dump station systems, and targeted outreach efforts.
- Assist DBW in educating marina owners/operators about the availability of grant funds to install and maintain pumpout and dump stations at their facility.
- Work collaboratively with grantees from the other region to coordinate statewide education efforts.
Funding Information
A maximum of $720,000 is available statewide; each regional grant is eligible for up to a maximum of $360,000 (approximately $300,000 for education and outreach, and $60,000 for monitoring).
Geographical Areas
- The Grant Program focuses on two targeted geographic regions of California:
- 13-county San Francisco Bay Delta Estuary (San Mateo, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Sacramento, Solano, Napa, Sonoma, Marin, Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties). 6 Southern California Coastal Counties (Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego and San Luis Obispo Counties).
Eligibility Criteria
- This grant is open to non-profit organizations, local government entities, and private (for-profit) organizations. Grants will not be awarded to fund advocacy work.
- Applicants must be able to demonstrate at least five years’ experience in developing and implementing educational and outreach programs. The written summary of the outcome of the multi-year educational and outreach programs must be verifiable.
For more information, visit DBW.
