Water Quality RFA Grants 2024

TOWN OF EAST HAMPTON
ACCEPTING GRANT APPLICATIONS WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS IN DECEMBER 2024 THROUGH FEBRUARY 2025

Round 1 – 2025: Request for Applications – WQIP Grant Application Window:

     Applications Available:     December 16, 2024

     Applications
Due:              February 17, 2025 by 3PM

The Town of East Hampton
has issued a Request for Applications (RFA) for grants for water quality
improvement projects that may be eligible for funding through the Community
Preservation Fund. According to state law, up to 20 percent of the town’s
C.P.F. fund proceeds, which come from a two-percent tax on real estate
transfers, may be used for water quality projects.

Through this program the
Town is able to fund projects ranging from wastewater treatment improvement to
abatement of pollutants from point and non-point sources, and aquatic habitat
restoration. Applications will be considered twice a year by the town’s Water
Quality Technical Advisory Committee.

Wastewater treatment upgrades and other projects on municipal, commercial, multi-family or high-density residences, and properties owned by not-for-profit entities, may be eligible. This program differs from the Town’s ongoing Septic
Incentive Program, which provides grants to property owners for
septic system upgrades, as it is designed to provide higher grant funding
awards for large-scale projects that can have a significant impact on water
quality.

Eligible property owners
interested in implementing water quality improvement projects, including
upgrading their existing sanitary systems to low-nitrogen treatment systems, in
order to improve water quality and help protect our precious lakes, harbors,
and ponds, are encouraged to apply for this opportunity to fund their projects.

Once the application
window closes, all applications received will be reviewed and rated by the
Water Quality Technical Advisory Committee, and recommendations for grant
awards will be presented to the Town Board for funding allocations. Recommended projects will then be subject to a public hearing and public comment period before funding is authorized by the Board.

Please direct questions or application submissions to the Natural Resources Department at CPFGrant@ehamptonny.gov or 631-324-0496.