Open · EPA-OW-OWM-26-01 · CFDA 66.446 · Discretionary
Technical Assistance and Training for Rural, Small and Tribal Municipalities and Wastewater Treatment Systems
Federal grant opportunity posted by Environmental Protection Agency, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- up to $3M
- Award range
- Open
- Status
- 4d
- Days left
- 12
- Expected awards
The verdict
Technical Assistance and Training for Rural, Small and Tribal Municipalities and Wastewater Treatment Systems is an open discretionary opportunity from Environmental Protection Agency, offering Up to $3,000,000 across 12 expected awards. Applications close in 4 days.
- up to $3M
- award range
- Open
- 4 days left
- 12
- expected awards
- 66.446
- CFDA program
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement - Technical Assistance and Training for Rural, Small and Tribal Municipalities and Wastewater Treatment Systems - is cataloged under number EPA-OW-OWM-26-01 and tied to CFDA assistance listing 66.446, posted by Environmental Protection Agency. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as open, first posted on June 15, 2026. The funding category is Discretionary, delivered as a cooperative agreement.
Award economics. The award range on file is Up to $3,000,000. The agency has projected $25.5 million in total estimated funding for this announcement. It expects to issue 12 awards. If the agency funds the expected 12 awards from the $25.5 million estimated pool, the average award works out to roughly $2.1 million. Cost sharing is not required, so applicants do not need to commit matching funds to be competitive on this opportunity. Federal award ranges are often upper bounds; actual allocations reflect program appropriations, the strength of the applicant pool, and the evaluation committee's scoring.
Deadline and action path. Applications close on August 14, 2026 - roughly 4 days from today. That is a tight window, prioritize SAM.gov registration validation and assemble required documents immediately. Every Grants.gov submission requires an active SAM.gov registration and a Unique Entity ID. Review the Eligibility section below carefully, federal eligibility categories (nonprofit, state or local government, tribal, individual, educational institution, small business) have distinct registration and reporting requirements. Pre-application outreach to the listed agency contact is permitted and often welcomed, it helps clarify scope and scoring priorities. Before acting on the deadline or award figures above, verify them directly on the official Grants.gov listing, amendments can change dates and amounts after this page was last refreshed.
Award Range
Up to $3,000,000
Close Date
August 14, 2026
Posted
June 15, 2026
Est. Total Funding
$25,500,000
Expected Awards
12
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is soliciting applications under the authority of the Clean Water Act (CWA) section 104(b)(8) to provide Technical Assistance and Training for Rural, Small and Tribal Municipalities and Wastewater Treatment Systems. The program supports small, rural, and Tribal communities’ efforts to identify water challenges, develop plans, build technical, financial, and managerial capacity, comply with CWA requirements, and access water infrastructure funding.Through this Notice of Funding Opportunity under the Clean Water Act, EPA will achieve greater protection of public health and the environment through an increase in trained water sector personnel, access to funding and financing for wastewater treatment facilities, and Clean Water Act compliance. This action advances the Administration’s priorities, including to Make America Healthy Again, by improving water quality and reducing exposure risks, and enabling responsible economic growth for small, rural, and tribal communities through improved wastewater infrastructure. In partnership with States, Tribes, and local governments and grounded in sound science and the law, EPA will deliver cleaner water, stronger infrastructure, and long-term environmental stewardship for all Americans.The proposed activities support the Agency’s Powering the Great American Comeback Initiative’s Pillar 1: Clean Air, Land, and Water for Every American. Priority Areas identified in this opportunity are:(1) Technical assistance and training for rural, small, and Tribal municipalities for planning, developing and acquisition of financing/funding for eligible projects and activities.• Technical assistance and training for rural, small, and Tribal publicly owned treatment works and decentralized wastewater systems to help improve water quality and to achieve and maintain compliance.(2) Technical assistance and training focused specifically on Tribes for planning, developing and acquisition of financing/funding, to help improve water quality and achieve and maintain compliance, and/or to support emerging contaminants project development.(3) Information dissemination, technical assistance and training focused specifically on decentralized wastewater treatment systems to support planning, development and acquisition of financing.Eligible entities for this grant program include nonprofit organizations and institutions of higher education that can provide technical assistance and training to rural, small, and Tribal municipalities, publicly owned wastewater treatment works, and decentralized wastewater treatment systems. Assisting systems with their technical, managerial, and financial capacity to achieve long-term compliance is a key priority for the Agency. Infrastructure construction projects such as repairing water or sewer lines, adding new equipment, or upgrading, retrofitting, or rehabilitating existing equipment are not eligible for funding under this announcement.
Eligibility
Grants.gov lists this opportunity under eligibility category code 25. These codes correspond to applicant types (state/local government, tribal organization, nonprofit, educational institution, individual, small business, etc.) defined in Grants.gov's own eligibility reference. See the current Grants.gov eligibility categories or check the official listing below for this opportunity's exact eligibility statement.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Agency Contact
Grace Persico; RuralSmallTribalNOFO@epa.gov
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