$40 million in grants available to restore California salmon, trout habitats
Grant program is part of a federal effort to double the salmon population by 2025
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City of Savannah will receive $30 million for flood reduction project
Grant comes from the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program, which supports hazard mitigation projects that seek to reduce risks from natural disasters
EPA provides $22 million to restore St. Louis River in Great Lakes region
Money will help remediate the 116-year-old Thomson Reservoir, a $36 million cleanup effort to protect public health from contaminants left behind by decades of industrial pollution
Tribal water and dam safety projects get $27 million federal boost
Funds, available through the Bureau of Indian Affairs are part of an ongoing effort to help tribes make critical infrastructure improvements nationwide
$51 million available for aquatic ecosystems across the western U.S.
Projects are expected to benefit health of fisheries, wildlife and aquatic habitats, improving both fish passage and water quality
Ohio expands water quality initiative with $47 million investment in river health
H2Ohio Rivers will remove dams, conserve land and test 29 of state's largest rivers for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
EPA offering $30 million to support Gulf of Mexico watershed improvements
Healthy and Resilient Gulf of Mexico 2023 program is expected to award five grants of up to $6 million each for priority area projects in underserved communities
Silicon Valley reservoir expansion project receives $92 million EPA loan
Loan funded through EPA’s Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act, a credit program designed to support water, wastewater and infrastructure projects
New federal funding program now available to support water projects
A new federal funding program has just been announced. The Department of the Interior will oversee what has been named the WaterSMART Program. It is designed to provide funding for projects that fortify the Western region of the U.S. against drought and climate-related
