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UPDATE: EPA has made selections under these competitions.

 

Awards have not been made yet and selections are subject to completion of the award process.
EPA will work with the successful applicants in the next phase of the award process and expects to award these cooperative agreements by Summer 2012.

• For EPA-OW-OGWDW-12-01, National Priority Area 1, EPA has selected Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) and National Rural Water Association (NRWA).


• For EPA-OW-OGWDW-12-01, National Priority Area 2, EPA has selected New Mexico Environmental Finance Center (NMEFC).


• For EPA-OW-OGWDW-12-01, National Priority Area 3, EPA has selected Rural Community Assistance Partnership (RCAP).


• For EPA-OW-OGWDW-12-02, EPA has selected Rural Community Assistance Partnership (RCAP).

Overview

EPA’s Fiscal Year 2012 appropriation directs the Agency to competitively award $15 million for training and technical assistance to public water systems and wastewater systems located in urban and rural communities. On February 23rd, EPA announced two Requests for Applications (RFAs):

1. Training & Technical Assistance for Small Systems, and
2. Training & Technical Assistance for Tribally-Owned & Operated Public Water Systems
   

Non-profit organizations, private non-profit universities and colleges, and public institutions of higher education are eligible to apply to both RFAs.

1. Training & Technical Assistance for Small Systems

EPA expects to award from three to seven cooperative agreements totaling $14,500,000.
The purpose of these cooperative agreements is to: 

• Provide training and technical assistance to small public water systems to achieve and maintain compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA);
  
  
• Provide training and technical assistance to small public water systems on a wide range of managerial and/or financial subjects to achieve and maintain compliance with the SDWA; or
  
  
• Provide training and technical assistance to small publicly-owned wastewater systems, communities served by onsite/decentralized wastewater systems and private well owners to help improve water quality.

This initiative supports EPA’s continuing efforts to promote sustainability and public health protection for communities served by small systems.

• Request for Application
 
• EPA Funding for Training & Technical Assistance for Small Systems (RFA) (PDF) (37 pp, 219K, About PDF)
  
  

2. Training & Technical Assistance for Tribally-Owned & Operated Public Water Systems

EPA expects to award one cooperative agreement up to $500,000. The awardee will provide training and technical assistance to tribally-owned and operated public water systems to help such systems achieve and maintain compliance with the SDWA.

• Request for Application
• EPA Funding for Training & Technical Assistance for Tribally-Owned & Operated Public Water Systems (RFA) (PDF) (28 pp, 177K, About PDF)