Funding Opportunities
State Water Resources Control Board Seeks Grant Applications (Deadline November 10, 2004)

September 10, 2004

Note: The State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) adopted guidelines on August 26, 2004 for the $47-million Agricultural Water Quality Grant Program.

The State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Financial Assistance, is accepting applications for the Agricultural Water Quality Grant Program (AWQGP) and Federal Clean Water Act, Section 319 Nonpoint Source Implementation Grant Program.

The AWQGP provides grants for projects that define, reduce, or eliminate the discharge of polluted runoff from irrigated agricultural lands. Applicants with projects that address Nonpoint Source Pollution from sources other than irrigated agriculture are invited to apply for Section 319 grants.

For more information and for applications, please access this PDF (200K, 4 pages) at:
http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/funding/awqgp/docs/solicitationnotice.pdf

Application Deadline:
November 10, 2004

Terry Tamminen, Secretary for Environmental Protection
State Water Resources Control Board
Division of Financial Assistance
1001 I St., Sacramento, CA 95814
P.O. Box 944212, Sacramento, CA 94244-2120
Phone: (916) 341-5700
Fax: (916) 341-5707
State Water Control Resources Board Web site