Annually, the California NPS Program allocates approximately $4.0 million of CWA Section 319(h) (CWA §319(h)) funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.EPA) to support implementation and planning projects that address water quality problems in surface and ground water resulting from NPS pollution. The goal of these projects is to ultimately lead to restoring the impacted beneficial uses in these water bodies. Projects are required to be located in a watershed that has an adopted/nearly adopted Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for the constituent of concern and has been identified in the NPS Program Preferences. Projects focused on working toward achieving the goals of the TMDL to restore beneficial uses will be the most competitive in the selection process.
Proposals are requested through a statewide solicitation process. The solicitation process is conducted in two phases – the Concept Proposal (CP) Phase and the Full Proposal (FP) Phase. The application process is facilitated through the Financial Assistance Application Submittal Tool (FAAST) operated by the State Water Resources Control Board’s (State Water Board’s) Division of Financial Assistance. The two phase process including development and approval of the final list of recommended funding projects by the State Water Board Executive Director takes approximately nine months. Typically, the solicitation process for a CWA §319(h) Grant runs from August (of the previous year) through April of the following year when the Grant funding is actually received from the U.S.EPA. For more information, see the current CWA §319(h) Grant Solicitation.
Stephen Fagundes (P.E.) is a Senior Water Resource Control Engineer at the California State Water Board, Division of Water Quality. He has been Chief of the Nonpoint Source (NPS) Implementation Unit for 13 years directing the State Water Board and the nine Regional Water Quality Control Board programs. The CA NPS Program addresses water quality problems through a watershed based approach including policy, planning, implementation, and outreach and education. In addition, he manages the CWA 319(h) NPS Grant Program. His educational background is in civil and environment engineering from the University of California at Davis where he earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees with an emphasis in environmental engineering.
“Clean Water Act (CWA) 319(h) Nonpoint Source (NPS) Grant Program”
Annually, the California NPS Program allocates approximately $4.0 million of CWA Section 319(h) (CWA §319(h)) funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.EPA) to support implementation and planning projects that address water quality problems in surface and ground water resulting from NPS pollution. The goal of these projects is to ultimately lead to restoring the impacted beneficial uses in these water bodies. Projects are required to be located in a watershed that has an adopted/nearly adopted Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for the constituent of concern and has been identified in the NPS Program Preferences. Projects focused on working toward achieving the goals of the TMDL to restore beneficial uses will be the most competitive in the selection process.
Proposals are requested through a statewide solicitation process. The solicitation process is conducted in two phases – the Concept Proposal (CP) Phase and the Full Proposal (FP) Phase. The application process is facilitated through the Financial Assistance Application Submittal Tool (FAAST) operated by the State Water Resources Control Board’s (State Water Board’s) Division of Financial Assistance. The two phase process including development and approval of the final list of recommended funding projects by the State Water Board Executive Director takes approximately nine months. Typically, the solicitation process for a CWA §319(h) Grant runs from August (of the previous year) through April of the following year when the Grant funding is actually received from the U.S.EPA. For more information, see the current CWA §319(h) Grant Solicitation.
Stephen Fagundes (P.E.) is a Senior Water Resource Control Engineer at the California State Water Board, Division of Water Quality. He has been Chief of the Nonpoint Source (NPS) Implementation Unit for 13 years directing the State Water Board and the nine Regional Water Quality Control Board programs. The CA NPS Program addresses water quality problems through a watershed based approach including policy, planning, implementation, and outreach and education. In addition, he manages the CWA 319(h) NPS Grant Program. His educational background is in civil and environment engineering from the University of California at Davis where he earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees with an emphasis in environmental engineering.