Assistance program
Water Quality Management Planning
$199.9 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Protection Agency
- Assistance
- Formula Grants
- CFDA number
- 66.454
- What it does
- This program assists States (including territories and the District of Columbia), Regional Public Comprehensive Planning Organizations (RPCPOs), and Interstate Organizations (IOs) in carrying out water quality management (WQM) planning. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 (IIJA, Public Law 117-58), also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), will infuse approximately $127,000,000 into states’ planning efforts between Fiscal Years 2022 - 2026. Consistent with Executive Order 14052, Implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (November 15, 2021) and the EPA FY22 – 26 EPA Strategic Plan, EPA developed interim implementation guidelines for the award and administration of 604(b) funds that promote the integration of climate, equity, and environmental justice considerations into states’ water quality management planning programs and activities. Funds are allotted by state in accordance with Section 604(b) of the Clean Water Act and are used to determine the nature and extent of point and non-point source water pollution and to develop water quality management plans.
- Who benefits
- State and U.S. Territory Water Quality Management Agencies; Regional Public Comprehensive Planning Organizations and Appropriate Interstate Organizations.
- Who applies
- State and U.S. Territory Water Quality Management Agencies.
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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