Drinking Water System Resilience

The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), authorized the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish grant programs that focus on the resilience of  America's public drinking water systems. These include the Drinking Water System Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Program, and the Midsize and Large Drinking Water System Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Program.

These programs aim to assist communities with increasing the resilience of drinking water systems to natural hazards, extreme weather events and reducing cybersecurity threats. Funding from both grant programs may be used for planning, design, construction, implementation, operation or maintenance projects that have a goal of enhancing  drinking water system resilience.  

Overview

EPA announced the Request for Applications (RFA) for the Drinking Water System Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Grant Program on September 7, 2023. The RFA for the Midsize and Large Drinking Water System Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Grant Program in anticipated to be announced in  late FY24. Funding for both programs will be awarded on a competitive basis. 

For more information about each program,  please visit the respective pages below:

Drinking Water System Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Program

Mid-Size and Large Drinking Water System Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Program

Factsheet

Resilience Grants- Factsheet (pdf) (244.62 KB)

For more information

Email: Resiliencygrant@epa.gov