Emerging Contaminants – Small/Disadvantaged Communities Grant Program

Grant priorities include:

Project must include actions to address PFAS or manganese contamination.

Examples of eligible items:

• Project planning and design
• Technical assistance
• Construction or treatment to address contamination, including:
  • Consolidation with another water system
  • New well construction and old well abandonment
  • Treatment installation

See the grant announcement for more detailed information.

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1. Are you the owner or authorized representative of an OTM or nonprofit NN public water system?

• Other-Than-Municipal Community (OTM) public water systems are not owned by a government or municipality and serve groups of 25 or more year-round residents. OTMs can include mobile home parks, apartment buildings, and condominium associations that are not on city or municipal water.
• Non-Transient Non-Community (NN) public water systems are nonresidential and regularly serve groups of at least 25 of the same people over six months of the year. NNs can include schools and daycare centers that are not on city or municipal water. A nonprofit NN is a government entity, a public school district or an organization that is described under section 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4) or 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue code which does not lobby.

2. Public water system serves a community that has a population less than 10,000

3. Public water system has either PFAS or manganese contamination

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The grant award will cover 100% of eligible project costs.

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Planning and Design, Technical Assistance, Testing and Research, Source Water Protections, storage, Water System Restructuring, Consolidation or Creation

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Click on the next section for this funding opportunity’s application deadline and forms

The application deadline is September 30th 2026 

Applications will be accepted continually until September 30, 2026, or until funds are exhausted, whichever comes first.

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For questions and inquiries:

Emily Mitchell

Grant Manager

608-673-0469

[email protected]