Water Quality & Supply Grants
Protecting and Restoring Florida's Water Resources
Grants for water quality and supply support local communities’ efforts to protect and restore Florida’s water resources. By funding critical infrastructure upgrades, these investments not only improve water quality and supply, but also support economic growth, community well-being, and the sustainability of Florida’s water resources for future generations.
The portal will be open July 1 to September 1 for all grant programs listed below. Program areas will individually notify applicants if their proposal is selected for funding.
Grant Programs
Indian River Lagoon and Biscayne Bay Water Quality Improvement Grant Programs
Grants included within this application are the Indian River Lagoon Water Quality Improvement Grant and the Biscayne Bay Water Quality Improvement Grant.
Alternative Water Supply Grant Program
This grant is available to local governments and nonstate entities to help communities plan for and implement water conservation, reuse and other water supply and water resource development projects. Priority funding will be given to regional projects in the areas of greatest need and for projects that provide the greatest benefit.
Springs Restoration Grant Program
This grant is available to local governments and nonstate entities for land acquisition to protect springs and for capital projects that protect the quality and quantity of water that flows from springs. Eligible project types include agricultural best management practices, water conservation, hydrologic restoration, reuse, land acquisition, septic-to-sewer, wastewater treatment upgrades and stormwater treatment. Feasibility studies or other types of analysis and data collection are not eligible for this grant.
INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS GRANT Program
This grant is available to local governments and nonstate entities for projects that evaluate and implement innovative technologies and short-term solutions to combat harmful algal blooms and nutrient enrichment, restore and preserve Florida’s fresh waterbodies and implement certain water quality treatment technologies.
Deepwater Horizon Funding
Funding is available to local governments and state entities to plan and implement eligible activities under the Florida Gulf Coast Resilience Program, Florida Gulf Coast Tributaries Hydrologic Restoration Program and Florida Water Quality Improvement Program, which are funded through the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf States Act (RESTORE Act).
Nonpoint Source Management Grants
This grant is available to local governments and nonstate entities to implement eligible shovel-ready stormwater treatment projects that reduce or eliminate nonpoint source nutrient pollution in verified impaired waterbodies. Funding is available for projects that implement nonpoint source pollution best management practices, public education programs to prevent pollution and septic abandonment/connection to sewer on private property.