319 Grant Program for States and Territories

On This Page:

• Background
• 319 Grant Funds History
• Reports and Resources

Background:

The 1987 amendments to the Clean Water Act (CWA) established the Section 319 Nonpoint Source Management Program Section 319 addresses the need for greater federal leadership to help focus state and local nonpoint source efforts. Under Section 319, states, territories and tribes receive grant money that supports a wide variety of activities including technical assistance, financial assistance, education, training, technology transfer, demonstration projects and monitoring to assess the success of specific nonpoint source implementation projects.

319 Grant Funds History:

For detailed year by year funding from 1990 to current funding year, you can download the spreadsheet:  Historic 319 Funding Levels (xlsx) (36.41 KB)

Values for most years are rounded to the nearest $100,000.

Reports and Resources:

Additional resources, reports and evaluations for those working on 319 grants.  Success Stories and other completed work are also included in the Restoration and Protection section    

• Tribal Nonpoint Source Programs: Working to Solve Water Quality Problems (pdf) (10.03 MB, August 2019, 840-R-19-001)
  This report illustrates the diverse work and accomplishments of tribal NPS programs supported by §319, including spotlights of projects and staff contributing to tribal NPS successes.
• National Nonpoint Source Program - a Catalyst for Water Quality Improvements (pdf) (17.95 MB, October, 2016, 841-R-16-009)
  This report offers a glimpse of NPS activities underway across the United States supported by §319 and the people who are making it happen.
• Applying for and Administering CWA Section 319 Grants: A Guide for State Nonpoint Source Agencies (pdf) (884.18 KB, September 2019)
  This manual provides an overview of federal grant requirements that will guide state and territory nonpoint source agency staff when applying for and administering grants awarded under the Clean Water Act Section 319.
• A National Evaluation of the Clean Water Act Section 319 Program (pdf) (2.23 MB, November 2011)
  This national program evaluation was conducted by EPA to improve understanding of how states utilize and leverage their 319 funds to achieve nonpoint source management program goals and to identify opportunities for improvement of the 319 program.
• Section 319 Nonpoint Source National Monitoring Program Successes and Recommendations - (pdf) (2.24 MB, November 2000)
  The Section 319 National Monitoring Program projects have quantified water quality improvements from nonpoint source controls and strengthened strategies for effective future watershed programs. Highlights are given from 23 Section 319 National Monitoring Program projects.
• Section 319 Final Project Reports Workshop (pdf) (3.23 MB, April 6, 2000)
  This document describes the purpose of Section 319 final reports, the information that should be included in the report, examples of especially effective elements from 319 reports, and ways to expand the final report to be used for outreach and education, building partnerships, and many other uses.