Drought Resilience and Funding

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NEED FUNDING? FREE ADVICE on funding and mitigation of drought, water scarcity, and cascading disasters.
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Remember the extreme drought in Utah just two years ago?

Because of that, you are more vulnerable to cascading disasters such as wildfires and floods/

What can your water and wastewater utilities do, especially if you are small or overburdened? How can you access the historically high levels of federal funding to implement mitigation projects? Now is the time to prepare, before the next drought arrives.

Who is providing help?

U.S. EPA is coordinating with federal and Utah state partners to offer a one-stop shop to help small communities, and water and wastewater utilities identify possible mitigation projects for drought and cascading disasters. We will provide FREE individualized technical assistance to make it easy to understand the types of mitigation funds available and who to contact when you want to get started.

What types of projects could be eligible?

Deeper wells, alternative water sources, drought response plans, aquifer storage and recovery, groundwater replenishment, green infrastructure, infiltration wells, stormwater capture, water reuse, floodplain and stream restoration, leak detection projects, fire-hardening of critical assets, etc. Nature-based solutions are especially encouraged.

If you answer yes to either of these questions, EPA would like to hear from you:
  • Do you need help to identify possible mitigation projects to address drought and cascading disasters?
  • Do you need funding to implement these projects?
Who should request help?

Drinking water, wastewater and stormwater utility staff and community leaders involved in risk and finance.

How to get FREE assistance for your utility:

Email your utility name, city, state and phone number to: DroughtQuestions@epa.gov and they will contact you. We encourage small and overburdened utilities to reach out.

Drought Funding Resources for Water and Wastewater Utilities

  1. What you should know: The above message was written by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). We fully endorse their recommendations and encourage you to review their important insights.