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Subject:[EXTERNAL]EPA Region 8 Water Division: Program Updates
Date:Monday, April 8, 2024 12:28:21 PM
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April 8, 2024program Updates
Upcoming Opportunities
Are you prepared for Wildfires? Drought? Flooding? ExtremeWeather? These events pose significant challenges to drinking water andwastewater operations within our region. Climate change will make theseevents even more challenging. EPA's Creating Resilient Water Utilities isoffering free Technical Assistance (TA) to interested stakeholders. EPA’sCreating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) initiative provides the water sectorand its stakeholders with practical tools, training, and technical assistanceneeded to increase their infrastructure’s resilience to these hazards. Request
free help today and take steps to protect your community’s multi-million
dollar infrastructure investments. The deadline to sign up for this TA is April26th and will be available on a first come first served basis. If selected,CRWU would begin working with you in June or July of this year. If you areinterested in this FREE assessment, please click the link below.
Click Here to Request a Free Risk Assessment;
Mullins.Matthew@epa.gov
Community Change Grant: EPA’s new Environmental and ClimateJustice Community Change Grants program (Community Change Grants) will
invest approximately $2 billion of Inflation Reduction Act funds inenvironmental and climate justice activities to benefit disadvantagedcommunities through projects that reduce pollution, increase communityclimate resilience, and build community capacity to respond to environmentaland climate justice challenges. These place-based investments will be
focused on community-driven initiatives to be responsive to community and
stakeholder input. EPA expects most awards will be between $10-20 millionfor multi-faceted projects addressing a range of pollution, climate change,and other priority issues. For more information and a list of eligible activities,please click here. This grant is now open and the deadline to apply isNovember 2024. To learn more about the grant, view a recording of theDecember informational webinar here. Free Technical Assistance to help inpreparing a grant application is available and can be accessed here.
Click here for more information
Deadline to apply is November 21, 2024
Cyber Actions for Securing Water Systems Webinar: EPA will be hostinga webinar to highlight the Top 8 Cyber Actions for Securing Water Systemswith our partners from Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency(CISA). EPA and CISA will also share free services, tools, and resources thatcan be used to support these actions.
Register here for the Webinar
Wednesday, April 17, 2024: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM MT
Upcoming Grant Opportunities Webinar: EPA Region 8 will host a
webinar focused on current and upcoming environmental grant opportunities.Join us for information on unprecedented funding available for air, land,water, climate change, and environmental justice projects. EPA RegionalAdministrator KC Becker and EPA staff will explain the basics on how to findand apply for grants that can help communities protect human health and theenvironment.
Click here to join the webinar on
Thursday, April 18, 2024: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM MT
Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 160 955 2141 Passcode: 46764298
One tap mobile: +16692545252,,1609552141#
Pathways to Recovery and Resiliency Funding Webinar Series: TheColorado Resiliency Office (CRO) is hosting a webinar series to help breakdown state and local funding opportunities to better help local governments
and community partners. CRO hosts trainings, workshops, webinars, and
events to help Colorado communities build their own capacity. To view past
webinar recordings and see upcoming events, please view their website. Thenext webinar will cover Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) fundingwithin the Water sector.
Register here for the Webinar
Wednesday, April 17, 2024: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM MT
PFAS Treatment: This webinar is specifically designed to provide guidanceand best practices for professionals who manage small drinking water
systems. EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) and Office of
Water (OW), in collaboration with the Association of State Drinking WaterAdministrators (ASDWA) will provide this free webinar focused on treatingPFAS contamination within drinking water.
Register here for the Webinar
Tuesday, April 30, 2024: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM MT
Water Technical Assistance: Communities can request no-cost directWaterTA to evaluate their drinking water, wastewater, stormwaterinfrastructure, and water quality improvement needs. EPA's WaterTAprograms offer a wide range of services, including:
· Identifying water infrastructure or water quality improvement needs
· Planning for capital improvements
· Building technical, managerial, and financial capacity
· Preparing for and developing application materials for financing a project
through the SRFs or other EPA-supported funding opportunities
Click here for more information
WaterTA Request form to request Technical Assistance
We look forward to continuing to serve you by providing information on
Grant Opportunities, Webinars, Trainings, and other exciting information.
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For questions on webinars and workshops, contact EPA via the email addresslisted on the registration page.
For questions on Technical Assistance (TA) and funding opportunities forclean water and drinking water infrastructure, contact Tamara Barbakova atBarbakova.Tamara@epa.gov.
https://www.epa.gov/environmental-topics/water-topicsAdditional Information: