Category: Funds

  • Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Reuse Municipal Grants (OSG) Program

    The DWQ has obtained grant funding for select stormwater projects through the Federal Sewer Overflow & Stormwater Grant Program (OSG). Applicants in financially distressed or rural communities (see Prioritization) will be prioritized. Projects must be stormwater projects which manage, reduce, treat, or recapture water through the use of green infrastructure. This money may not be…

  • Utah Lake Preservation Fund Grant Program

    The Utah Division of Water Quality is pleased to announce the approval of the following Utah Lake Preservation Fund projects. The Division received 33 applications with a total request of $60,238,845. A total of 18 projects have been approved by the Executive Selection Committee for funding. During the 2022 General Session, the Utah Legislature created…

  • Southern Utah Reuse ARPA Grant Program

    The Southern Utah Reuse ARPA Grant program is a competitive grant program for wastewater reuse projects in Southern Utah, with priority for projects that mitigate the impacts of drought in rural communities and the agricultural sector. The Utah Division of Water Quality has announced the recipients of the Southern Utah Reuse ARPA Grant Program. A…

  • Water Quality American Rescue Plan Act Funds (ARPA)

    State Appropriations During the 2022 session, the legislature appropriated ARPA funds for three groups of water quality projects that will be administered by the Department of Environmental Quality or the Utah Water Quality Board: 1. Southern Utah – Recycle/Reuse, 2. Utah Lake Preservation, and 3. West Weber Site Sewer Infrastructure. Southern Utah – Recycle/Reuse Grant…

  • Funding: Petroleum Storage Tank Program

    Funding the PST Fund Sources of revenue for the PST Fund are petroleum storage tank fees, UST installation company permit fees, and the environmental assurance fee (currently 0.65 cent per gallon on the first sale or use of petroleum products in the state). Certificate of Compliance An PST may not be used to store petroleum…

  • Financial Assistance Programs:
    Water Quality

    Funding Available for Water Quality and Wastewater Infrastructure Projects The Utah Division of Water Quality’s (DWQ) Clean Water State Revolving Fund Loan Program (SRF) on average, receives a combined $9 million dollars a year from State and Federal funding and, on average, an additional $15 million in funding each year from loan repayments. This money…

  • State Revolving Fund (SRF): Drinking Water

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  • Federal State Revolving Fund (SRF) Program: Drinking Water

    The Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) program was established by the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) Amendments of 1996. Congress appropriates funding for the DWSRF. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency then awards capitalization grants to states, which in turn may provide low-cost loans and other types of financial assistance to eligible public water systems to finance the costs…

  • Water Quality: Helping Communities Protect Their Water Quality

    By Lisa Nelson, P.E. On September 23, 2015, on a beautiful sunny day in the mountains of Summit County, members of Utah’s Water Quality Board, along with Trever Johnson and Duane Schmidt, current and former mayors of Coalville City, gathered together with the Coalville City Council for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of…

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