News Highlights

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced up to $225 million in available funding for Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) projects.

The One Good Idea new online platform and campaign will host a webinar on Friday, January 14th to share how farmers are learning from their peers about conservation practices that can improve water, soil, land, and and nutrient management.

EPA has released its new “CWSRF Best Practices Guide for Financing Nonpoint Source Solutions” to help state Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) programs address nonpoint source (NPS) water quality pollution, that can also protect drinking water sources.

The American Water Works Association (AWWA) issues up to three Exemplary Source Water Protection Awards each year for small and large water systems in different size categories based on population served.

EPA has released its new Funding Integration Tool for Source Water (FITS) to help states, tribes and territories navigate and leverage funding opportunities for activities that protect sources of drinking water. 

Please join us for the next SWC/HWC webinar entitled, “Building capacity and networks” on Wednesday, November 17th from 3:00 – 4:30 pm (eastern time).

The Healthy Watersheds Consortium Grant Program (HWC) and the Source Water Collaborative (SWC) are co-hosting a series of four webinars in November and December 2021 focused on accelerating watershed protection, building capacity, and overcoming limiting factors.

ASDWA and GWPC, the Source Water Collaborative co-chairs, have published a new report and associated fact sheet entitled, “State Source Water Protection (SWP) Programs: A Progress Report on Agriculture and Forestry Coordination Since the Passage of the 2018 Farm Bill.”

EPA has created a new factsheet that features practices and lessons-learned from drinking water utilities impacted by wildfires that had elevated levels of several Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), such as benzene, in water mains, service connections, and building fixtures, which complicated and slowed community recovery efforts.

The Ground Water Protection Council (GWPC) Annual Forum taking place next week features an in-depth Source Water Protection Workshop on September 27, with presentations from SWC members EPA and NRCS, and state source water programs.