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Drinking water grant workshop set Feb. 20

January 26, 2020

The Division of Public Health’s Drinking Water State Revolving Fund will host a public workshop at 9 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 20, to present and discuss the Assistance for Small and Disadvantaged Communities Drinking Water Grant, authorized under the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act. The workshop will be held at the Edgehill Shopping Center, 43 South DuPont Highway, Dover.

The grant program’s objective is to help public water systems in underserved, small and disadvantaged communities meet Safe Drinking Water Act requirements. Workshop participants will learn about the funding opportunities, state and federal requirements, eligible projects and the competitive grant application process.

Eligible activities for assistance include: Investments necessary for a public water system in a small, disadvantaged, or underserved community to return to compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act; efforts that benefit a disadvantaged community on a per-household basis; programs to provide household water quality testing, including testing for unregulated contaminants; and activities necessary and appropriate for a state to respond to a contaminant.

Small or disadvantaged communities are defined as communities with populations of less than 10,000 individuals, or communities that do not have the capacity to incur debt sufficient to finance a project or eligible activity and may become disadvantaged as a result of carrying out an eligible activity.

Grant applications of up to $609,000 will be considered. Projects will be solicited starting Thursday, Feb. 20, and are due by Tuesday, March 31.

For more information about the workshop or the grant, contact Heather Warren, Drinking Water State Revolving Fund administrator, at 302-744-4739, or go to www.epa.gov/dwcapacity/wiin-grant-assistance-small-and-disadvantaged-com....

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