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The State Water Board, Division of Financial Assistance (DFA), announces a new “Funding Finder” to assist you in finding the most appropriate funding source for your water quality project. After answering a few simple questions about your project, the “Funding Finder” will provide you with DFA’s currently available funding source(s).

The “Funding Finder” is located on the left side of DFA’s web page at http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/grants_loans/

For each of the funding programs available you will find a brief description of the ...

Notice of Funding Availability for the
California EPA 2015/2016 Environmental Justice Small Grants

Program Website & Application

http://www.calepa.ca.gov/EnvJustice/Funding/

Funding Available
A minimum $250,000 in grant funds is available for the 2015 grant cycle. Grants have generally been awarded in the range of $15,000 to $20,000. Cal/EPA plans to announce the grant awards in December of 2014. The grant term will be 12 months, approximately February 2015 through February 2016.

Eligibility
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DWR has released the 2014 Water-Energy Grant Program Draft Guidelines and Proposal Solicitation Package.  This program is funded by the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.

DWR will conduct three public meetings in August to receive comments on the Draft document:

As announced earlier this year, the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) has funding available in 1 percent loans – approximately half the already low current interest rate – for water recycling projects that can be completed within three years of Governor Brown’s January 17, 2014 Drought Proclamation.

Water recycling is the use of treated municipal wastewater for beneficial purposes, such as agricultural and landscape irrigation, industrial processes, and replenishing ground water basins. Eligible projects include recycled water ...

DWR has released the final versions of the 2014 IRWM Drought Grant Program Guidelines and Proposal Solicitation Package. These newly released documents, public comments received on the draft documents, as well as other information about the IRWM Grant Program, can be found at: http://www.water.ca.gov/irwm/grants.

On January 17, 2014, Governor Edmund G. Brown proclaimed a Drought State of Emergency and on March 1, 2014, Governor Brown signed legislation to assist drought-affected communities and provide funding to better use local water ...