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Water-quality improvement grants available from Illinois EPA

Posted June 27, 2020 7:00 am

The Associated Press

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has opened the application period for grant programs worth more than $9 million to improve water quality in the state .

The Green Infrastructure Grant Opportunities program is funded by the Rebuild Illinois capital improvement plan. It will provide up to $5 million for local governments that want to build environmentally friendly structures which reduce storm water runoff into Illinois waterways.

The EPA is also accepting applications for funding through existing Section 319 Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Financial Assistance Program. It will provide about $4.5 million to improve surface and groundwater supplies with improved watershed management plans.

Information about the programs is available online. Applications are due by Aug. 3.

Applicants must be pre-qualified through the state's grant accountability and transparency online portal.

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Grant information: https://bit.ly/3hWsuIg

Grant accountability portal: https://bit.ly/3euQUX3

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