$200,000-$500,000

Suffolk County Water Quality Protection and Restoration Program and Land Stewardship Initiative (WQPRP)

The Water Quality Protection and Restoration Program and Land Stewardship Initiatives (WQPRP) is a grant program funded under the Suffolk County ¼% Drinking Water Protection Program. Grant funding is available to municipalities and non-profit organizations for both planning/design and implementation projects to protect and restore the County’s groundwater and surface water resources. The following categories of projects are eligible for funding under the WQPRP: 1) Nonpoint Source Abatement and Control & Pollution Prevention Initiatives, 2) Habitat Restoration, Reclamation, and Connectivity, 3) Land Stewardship Initiatives, 4) No-Discharge Zone Implementation, and 5) Education and Outreach. 

Additional Information:
Priority project types for the 2026 funding round include: 1) Conventional or innovative structural or nonstructural stormwater abatement or prevention, 2) Planning and implementation of surface water outfall reduction initiatives, 3) Establishment and/or testing of innovative and alternative on-site sanitary waste disposal systems, 4) Wetlands preservation and restoration/integrated marsh management, 5) Nonstructural shore stabilization and restoration projects including native plantings and other nearshore vegetation preservation/restoration, 6) Upgrading undersized culverts and restoring stream corridors to provide passage for eel, alewife, and river otters, 7) Preservation and restoration initiatives targeted at protection of rare, threatened, or endangered species, or other priority species or critical natural resource areas, and 8) Best management practice implementation to prevent pollution at commercial, industrial, and/or residential sites.

Funding Agencies: Suffolk County

Eligibility: Local Government Entity, Nonprofit/501(c)3 Organization

Frequency Details: Annually

Match Requirement: 50% of the total project cost