Current Water Quality Improvement Grant Opportunities

The deadline for submitting grant applications for Cycle 12 of the Water Quality Improvement Grant Program has passed. Applications are currently under review. Award announcements are expected to be made in July of 2010. There are no opportunities for Water Quality Improvement Grants available at this time.

View the list of Water Quality Improvement Grant Cycle 12 Applicants. Pursuant to ARS 41-2702, all information within submitted grant applications is confidential during the process of evaluation.

*Please note: be sure to read the entire RFGA prior to filling out your application*

• Targeted Water Quality Improvement Plan projects
• Watershed-scale Nonpoint Source Pollution Management projects
• Watershed-scale Education and Training projects

Additional Links and Downloads

• Six Easy Steps to Finding Your 12-Digit HUC
• Watershed Improvement Plans: A Step-by-Step Technical Guide
• A Workbook for Investing In Clean Water
• Writing Effective Monitoring Plans
• Final Report Template for Project Managers
• Quarterly Report Template for Project Managers
• Project Budget for Project Managers
• Make your own maps using the NEMO Internet Map Server

Targeted Watershed Improvement Plan Grants

In 2008, the Water Quality Improvement Grant Programs released an RFGA for projects that would develop and begin implementation of Targeted Watershed Improvement Plans (WIPs). WIPs are needed to identify and prioritize water quality improvement projects critical to restore water quality. These plans are targeted at specific pollutants causing impairments within a targeted drainage area. The goal of plan implementation is to reduce pollutant loads from nonpoint sources causing surface waters to be listed as "impaired" or "not attaining," or causing ground water to not meet drinking water quality standards. WIPs allow future on-the-ground Water Quality Improvement Grant funding to be focused on priority projects identified in the plan, so that in the near future an impaired water will meet water quality standards.

The Water Quality Improvement Grant Program awarded three pilot WIP grants in 2009. More information about these projects can be found by following the links below.

Previously Awarded Grants

• Targeted Watershed Grant Awards May 2009
• Map: San Francisco River drainage area, primarily from the Blue River to Limestone Gulch, near Clifton
• Map: Granite Creek, from headwaters to Watson Lake, in the Prescott area

Statewide Water Quality Improvement Grants

The ultimate vision of the Water Quality Improvement Grant Program is for all of Arizona's waters to be clean and safe. To reach this vision, the program strives to fund projects that implement sufficient, economically and scientifically sound management practices that result in quantifiable improvements to surface water quality. Other outcomes of strong projects include education and public awareness of water quality issues, active citizen involvement, innovative approaches to problem solving, and long-term project maintenance and results.

Previously Awarded Grants

• Water Quality Improvement Grant Award Recipients, July 2008
• Water Quality Improvement Grant Award Recipients, June 2007
• Water Quality Improvement Grant Award Recipients, February 2006
• Water Quality Improvement Grant Award Recipients, January 2005
• Water Quality Improvement Grant Award Recipients, January 2004
• Water Quality Improvement Grant Award Recipients, January 2003
• Water Quality Improvement Grant Award Recipients, January 2002
• Water Quality Improvement Grant Award Recipients, July 2001
• Water Quality Improvement Grant Award Recipients, January 2001
• Water Quality Improvement Grant Award Recipients, July 2000

View ADEQ's Interactive GIS eMaps, where you can see all the grants awarded under our program.

For more information regarding Water Quality Improvement Grants, please contact:

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