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Financial Assistance Programs – Grants and Loans
The State Water Board's Division of Financial Assistance administers the implementation of the Water Board's financial assistance programs, that include loan and grant funding for construction of municipal sewage and water recycling facilities, remediation for underground storage tank releases, watershed protection projects, nonpoint source pollution control projects, etc. DFA also administers the Water Recycling Program and the Operator Certification Program.
Quick Links
- Announcements
- General Information
- Request for Proposals and Solicitations
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Funding
Programs - Past Programs
Announcements
- Updated! Check your CWSRF Application Status
- New! Planning for Sustainability: Handbook for Water and Wastewater Utilities. A series of webinars conducted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) is being planned that will acquaint potential users with the document and how it can benefit their work. The first webinar is scheduled for June 5, 2012. For more information please visit the US EPA's website: www.epa.gov.
- Updated Proposition 84 Storm Water Grant Program Schedule
- The Clean Water State Revolving Fund FFY 2011/2012 Intended Use Plan - adopted March 20, 2012
- Infrastructure Funding Fair in Los Angeles
- CWSRF Mid-Year ARRA Program Evaluation Report
- California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank, CWSRF Revenue Bonds
- California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank; State Revolving Funds/Pools
General Information
- Applicant Feedback - Completed forms should be sent by email to DFA program staff.
- Bond Money At Work
- California Indian Tribal Relations
- California Financing Coordinating Committee (CFCC)
- Clean Water State Revolving Fund
- Davis Bacon
- FAAST - Online Financial Assistance Application Submittal Tool
- Grant Processing Time
- Low Impact Development (LID) Projects - funded by the State Water Resources Control Board
In Resolution 2005-0006, the State Water Board adopted sustainability as a core value to guide its programs and policies. The Division of Financial Assistance has funded Low Impact Development (LID) projects through various grant and loan programs. - Monthly Newsletter
- Orphan Site Cleanup Fund
Now Accepting Applications for Federal Stimulus Funds for Assessment and Cleanup Projects - Other Funding Sources - Not funded by the State Water Resources Control Board.
- Project Assessment and Evaluation
All grant recipients are required to prepare a Project Assessment and Evaluation Plan (PAEP) at the initiation of their project to outline how they will assess and evaluate performance and report on project achievements. - Small Community Wastewater Strategy
The Small Community Wastewater Strategy is referenced in a Resolution promoting strategies to assist small and/or disadvantaged communities with wastewater needs, which was adopted by the State Water Board on July 1, 2008. - Stopped Bond Projects - announcements and weekly updates
- Timelines
- U.S. EPA Petroleum Only Assessment and Cleanup Grants
- Wastewater User Charge Survey Reports
- Watershed Management
The Watershed Management Initiative (WMI) was approved as part of the 1995 Strategic Plan and remains a part of the current Strategic Plan. The WMI establishes a broad framework overlying the numerous federal and state mandated priorities. As such, the WMI helps the Water Board to achieve water resource protection, enhancement and restoration while balancing economic and environmental impacts.
Request for Proposals and Solicitations
Upcoming RFPs and Solicitations
- No current activity
Currently Accepting Applications
- Agricultural Drainage Loan Program
- Agricultural Drainage Management Loan Program
- Cleanup and Abatement Account
- Clean Water State Revolving Fund Program
- Orphan Site Cleanup Fund Program
- Water Recycling Funding Program
- Small Community Wastewater Grants
- Proposition 84 Storm Water Grant Program
- 2012 Clean Water Act (CWA) §319(h) Nonpoint Source Grant Program
- 2011 Federal Clean Water Act §319 Nonpoint Source Implementation Program
- 2003 Consolidation of Watershed Protection and Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Grants
- Agricultural Water Quality Grant Program
- Proposition 50 Integrated Regional Water Management Implementation Grant Program
- Pesticide Research and Identification of Source, and Mitigation (PRISM) Grants
- Proposition 13 Phase II Nonpoint Source Pollution Control and Watershed Protection Grants
- Proposition 84 ASBS Grant Program – Full Proposals
- 2005-06 Consolidated Grants Program
- 2008 CALFED Water Quality Grant Program
- 2008 CALFED Watershed Grant Program – Implementing Watershed Plans
- Clean Beaches Initiative Grant Program
Funding Programs
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| Groundwater Improvement and Protection Programs | |
| Proposition 50 Integrated Regional Water Management Program | |
| Proposition 50 Groundwater Monitoring | |
| Seawater Intrusion Control Program | |
| Small Community Groundwater Grants | |
| Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund | |
| Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Programs | |
| CALFED Drinking Water Quality Program Proposition 13, Proposition 50 | |
| Clean Beaches Initiative Program | |
| Coastal Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program Proposition 13, Proposition 50 | |
| Federal Clean Water Act Section 319 Nonpoint Source Implementation Program | |
| Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program Proposition 13, Proposition 40 | |
| Pesticide Research and Identification of Source, and Mitigation (PRISM) Grant Program | |
| Proposition 40 Integrated Watershed Management Program | |
| Proposition 50 Integrated Regional Water Management Program | |
| Proposition 40 Urban Storm Water Grant Program | |
| Proposition 84 Areas of Special Biological Significance (ASBS) Grant Program | |
| Proposition 84 Storm Water Program | |
| Santa Monica Bay Restoration | |
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Clean Water State Revolving Fund |
| Wastewater Construction Programs | |
| Proposition 50 Integrated Regional Water Management Program | |
| Small Community Wastewater Grants | |
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Clean Water State Revolving Fund |
| Water Recycling Programs | |
| Proposition 50 Integrated Regional Water Management Program | |
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Clean Water State Revolving Fund |
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Water Recycling Loans and Grants |
| Watershed Protection Programs | |
| CALFED Watershed Program Proposition 13, Proposition 50 | |
| Proposition 13 Watershed Protection Program | |
| Proposition 50 Integrated Regional Water Management Program | |
| Proposition 40 Integrated Watershed Management Program | |
| Lake Elsinore and San Jacinto Watershed Program | |
| Southern California Integrated Watershed Program (SCIWP) | |
