Training and Technical Assistance to Improve Water Quality and Enable Small Public Water Systems to Provide Safe Drinking Water
The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is soliciting applications from eligible applicants as described in Section III.A to provide training and technical assistance for small public water systems to help such systems achieve and maintain compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA),
and to provide training and technical assistance for small publiclyowned wastewater systems, communities served by onsite/decentralized wastewater systems, and private well owners to improve water quality under the Clean Water Act (CWA).
Training and technical assistance activities provided to these systems, communities and private well owners should be made available nationally in rural and urban communities and to personnel of triballyowned and operated systems.
These goals support the following objectives of EPA’s Strategic Plan for Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 – 2018:
Goal 2:
Protecting America’s Waters, Objective 2. 1:
Protect Human Health, and Objective 2. 2:
Protect and Restore Watersheds and Aquatic Ecosystems.
(The EPA Strategic Plan is available at http://www 2. epa.gov/planandbudget/strategicplan.)
Training and technical assistance activities provided to these systems, communities and private well owners should be made available nationally in rural and urban communities and to personnel of triballyowned and operated systems.
These goals support the following objectives of EPA’s Strategic Plan for Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 – 2018:
Goal 2:
Protecting America’s Waters, Objective 2. 1:
Protect Human Health, and Objective 2. 2:
Protect and Restore Watersheds and Aquatic Ecosystems.
(The EPA Strategic Plan is available at http://www 2. epa.gov/planandbudget/strategicplan.)
Related Programs
Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Training Grants Section 1442 of the Safe Drink
Environmental Protection AgencySurveys, Studies, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Training Grants and Cooperative Agreements Sec
Environmental Protection Agency
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
Training and Technical Assistance for Small Systems
Additional Information of Eligibility:
See Section III of the announcement for additional eligibility information.
Full Opportunity Web Address:
http://water.epa.gov/grants_funding/sdwa/smallsystemsrfa.cfm
Contact:
Adrienne Harris
Agency Email Description:
smallsystemsRFA@epa.gov
Agency Email:
smallsystemsRFA@epa.gov
Date Posted:
2015-09-11
Application Due Date:
2015-10-26
Archive Date:
2015-11-25
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