Resources for
quality
Funding
: Feb 3 – Mar 26, 2026
typically $150,000-350,000
DEEP Clean Water Act Section 319 Nonpoint Source Grants
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is now accepting proposals for fiscal year 2025 Clean Water Section 319 grants. Section 319 of the Federal Clean Water Act (Section 319) is a Federal program to control nonpoint sources (NPS) of water pollution. Connecticut receives funds from EPA for Section 319 grants that can be passed onto communities, local conservation groups, and other organizations for NPS implementation projects, plans, and statewide NPS management efforts.
Priority projects for FY26 include: Watershed Based Plan Implementation Projects, Watershed Based Plan (WBP) Development, Natural Hazards, and Advancing the Connecticut NPS Management Program Plan.
Funding
: Feb 3 – Mar 26, 2026
typically $150,000-350,000
DEEP Clean Water Act Section 319 Nonpoint Source Grants
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is now accepting proposals for fiscal year 2025 Clean Water Section 319 grants. Section 319 of the Federal Clean Water Act (Section 319) is a Federal program to control nonpoint sources (NPS) of water pollution. Connecticut receives funds from EPA for Section 319 grants that can be passed onto communities, local conservation groups, and other organizations for NPS implementation projects, plans, and statewide NPS management efforts.
Story Map
Level of Effort:
A StoryMap on Hypoxia
Success in the Urban Sea: Breathing Oxygen Back into the Long Island Sound’s Waters
This StoryMap describes how the Long Island Sound (LIS) Partnership has reduced hypoxia and improved nutrient management efforts in Long Island Sound and its watershed.
It includes an explanation of hypoxia, impacts from the region’s history, how LIS Partnership is addressing hypoxia, plans for the future, and how to use this information to inform meaningful action.
Story Map
Level of Effort:
A StoryMap on Hypoxia
Success in the Urban Sea: Breathing Oxygen Back into the Long Island Sound’s Waters
This StoryMap describes how the Long Island Sound (LIS) Partnership has reduced hypoxia and improved nutrient management efforts in Long Island Sound and its watershed.
It includes an explanation of hypoxia, impacts from the region’s history, how LIS Partnership is addressing hypoxia, plans for the future, and how to use this information to inform meaningful action.
Data
Level of Effort:
NYSDEC Division of Water Grants Data Portal
This portal contains the comprehensive dataset of awarded projects for the Water Quality Improvement Project Program (WQIP) and the Non-Agricultural Nonpoint Source Planning and MS4 Mapping Grant (NPG). Data is displayed simultaneously on a map and data table and can be filtered by Grant Program, Applicant, County, Project Type, and Funding Source.
Data
Level of Effort:
NYSDEC Division of Water Grants Data Portal
This portal contains the comprehensive dataset of awarded projects for the Water Quality Improvement Project Program (WQIP) and the Non-Agricultural Nonpoint Source Planning and MS4 Mapping Grant (NPG). Data is displayed simultaneously on a map and data table and can be filtered by Grant Program, Applicant, County, Project Type, and Funding Source.
typically $150,000-350,000
DEEP Clean Water Act Section 319 Nonpoint Source Grants
Grants are awarded for projects that address Nonpoint Source impacts in surface waters including creation and implementation of approved Watershed Based Plans.
Priority projects for FY25 include: Environmental Justice and Environmental Equity, Adapting to Climate Change, Watershed Based Plan Implementation Projects, Watershed Based Plan Development
typically $150,000-350,000
DEEP Clean Water Act Section 319 Nonpoint Source Grants
Grants are awarded for projects that address Nonpoint Source impacts in surface waters including creation and implementation of approved Watershed Based Plans.