Who is a member?
Our members are the local governments of Massachusetts and their elected and appointed leadership.
The Sustainable Water Management Grant Program is now in its third year, with approximately $1 million available for distribution in the current fiscal year.
The request for responses, open until Oct. 9, can be found on the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection’s webpage under “Additions & Updates” (lower right). There is a summary with general information regarding the grant and where to log on to get the forms (www.commbuys.com).
The same information can be found here.
Online resources include information on the grants awarded to date, summaries of the first round of grants, and the recommended projects for the second round of grants.
The Sustainable Water Management Grant Program is designed to assist eligible public water suppliers and municipalities with Water Management Act permits by providing funds for planning assistance, demand management, and minimization and mitigation projects.
The focus of these grants will be for:
• Planning projects for specific watersheds or subwatersheds to identify implementation projects to improve ecological conditions
• Demand management projects aimed to improve the efficiency of the use of water within a municipality or a watershed
• Minimization and mitigation projects in the following categories: improve or increase instream flow; wastewater projects that keep water local, including reductions in inflow and infiltration; stormwater management projects that improve recharge, reduce impervious cover and/or improve water quality; water supply operational improvements; habitat improvement; demand management; and other projects that can be demonstrated to minimize the impacts of existing withdrawals and mitigate the impacts of increased water withdrawals.