Water Management Act Grant Programs for Public Water Suppliers
Forecasted
Water Management Act Grant Programs for Public Water Suppliers support suppliers and municipalities with planning, conservation, and mitigation projects to balance water needs with resource protection.
Funder: Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
Due Dates (Anticipated): September 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: FY27 terms: estimated $25,000–$350,000 per applicant; $500,000 total; 20% match
Summary: Supports Massachusetts public water suppliers and municipalities with planning, demand management, and mitigation of water-withdrawal impacts.
Key Information: Applicants must have a Water Management Act permit or permit application under review.
Description
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP), within the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, administers this program to help public water suppliers and municipalities meet Water Management Act requirements. It supports planning and implementation that balance community water needs with protection of water resources and ecological conditions at the system, watershed, or subwatershed scale.
Eligible work includes drought and resiliency planning, selected firm-yield studies, rate studies, PFAS-related supply planning, water conservation, and withdrawal-impact mitigation. Implementation projects may improve instream flow, keep wastewater local, increase stormwater recharge, improve water-supply operations, or protect habitat. MassDEP encourages regional cooperation and prioritizes highly impacted basins, resiliency and sustainability, and projects directly benefiting Disadvantaged Communities.
