Closed · EPA-OW-OGWDW-21-03 · CFDA 66.424;66.436 · Discretionary

FY 2021 Training and Technical Assistance to Improve Water Quality and Enable Small Public Water Systems to Provide Safe Drinking Water

Federal grant opportunity posted by Environmental Protection Agency, cataloged on Grants.gov.

up to $19M
Award range
Closed
Status
December 14, 2021
Close date
9
Expected awards

The verdict

FY 2021 Training and Technical Assistance to Improve Water Quality and Enable Small Public Water Systems to Provide Safe Drinking Water is a closed discretionary listing from Environmental Protection Agency that offered Up to $19,000,000 across 9 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 1,487 other opportunities from Environmental Protection Agency.

up to $19M
award range
Closed
application status
9
expected awards
66.424;66.436
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

FY 2021 Training and Technical Assistance to… is closed (last close December 14, 2021). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Environmental Protection Agency still indexes 1,487 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed December 14, 2021

Posted Oct 15 Closes Dec 14

Est. Total Funding

$21,700,000

Expected Awards

9

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is soliciting applications under the authority of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) and the Clean Water Act (CWA) from eligible applicants as described in Section III.A to provide training and technical assistance for small public water systems, small publicly owned wastewater systems, communities served by onsite/decentralized wastewater systems, and private drinking water well owners.1 Training and technical assistance activities provided to these systems, communities, and private drinking water well owners should be made available nationally in rural and urban communities and to personnel of tribally-owned and -operated systems. The proposed activities support the Agency’s Strategic Plan for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 – 2022, Goal 1: A Cleaner, Healthier Environment: Deliver a cleaner, safer, and healthier environment for all Americans and future generations by carrying out the Agency’s core mission, Objective 1.2: Provide for Clean and Safe Water. The EPA’s Strategic Plan is available at www.epa.gov/planandbudget/strategicplan. All applications must be for activities that support the goals and objectives identified above. National Priority Areas identified in this announcement are for:Training and Technical Assistance for Small Public Water Systems to Achieve and Maintain Compliance with the SDWA, including Improving Financial and Managerial Capacity;Training and Technical Assistance for Small Publicly-Owned Wastewater Systems and Onsite/Decentralized Wastewater Systems to Help Improve Water Quality; andTraining and Technical Assistance for Private Drinking Water Well Owners to Help Improve Water Quality.Assisting small systems with their technical, managerial, and financial capacity to achieve long-term sustainability and resiliency is a key priority for the Agency.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · EPA-OW-OGWDW-21-03

Grants.gov marks FY 2021 Training and Technical Assistance to… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Environment (ENV). This eligibility-code string dominates the Environmental Protection Agency book (1,239 peers, 83% of 1,488).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

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Agency Contact

Brianna Knoppow

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