National Center for Innovation in Small Drinking Water Systems

Post Date

May 29th 2013

Application Due Date

August 21st 2013

Please refer to the announcement, including Section IV, for additional information on submission methods and due dates.

Funding Opportunity Number

EPA-G2013-STAR-G1

CFDA Number(s)

66.509

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Environment

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

State Governments
Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
Federally Recognized Native American Tribal Governments
Non-Profits With 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)
Private Institutions of Higher Education
Other

See Section III of the announcement for additional eligibility information.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $4100000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $4100000

Grant Description

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is seeking applications for a National Research Center that will: identify, develop, demonstrate and facilitate widespread acceptance and applicability of novel and innovative technologies and approaches to measure or treat groups of microbiological or chemical contaminants, or their precursors; apply novel new information technology systems; and improve the sustainability of small drinking water systems. While larger Community Water Systems (CWS) serve a greater proportion of the overall population, ninety-two percent of the nation's CWS serve communities with populations of 10,000 or less and supply drinking water for more than fifty-three million Americans. These small systems do not typically have the resources to seek out, evaluate and apply innovative approaches that could provide better drinking water contamination solutions and improve public health protection. Public health-associated violation rates are consistently more than 3 times higher among those CWS that serve less than 10,000 than the larger systems. Because it is so challenging for these small systems to comply with existing standards, progression of public health standards on a national level is hindered.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Environmental Protection Agency

• Office:

  None

• Agency Contact:

  Todd Peterson, Phone: 703-308-7224

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Todd Peterson

• Agency Email Address:

  peterson.todd@epa.gov

• More Information:

  National Center for Innovation in Small Drinking Water Systems