National Priorities: Life Cycle Costs of Water Infrastructure Alternatives
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Assistance Listings
- 66.511 -- Office of Research and Development Consolidated Research/Training/Fellowships
Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026
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Description
One of the high-priority research areas identified by the EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD) is stormwater runoff. Under the 1987 amendments to the Clean Water Act (CWA), the EPA established a program to address storm water discharges including the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program which regulates point sources such as pipes and sewers that discharge directly into surface waters. Under the CWA, communities need to address stormwater management requirements as they consider their aging water infrastructure systems, rate payer expectations, and other considerations...
important to the community. Green infrastructure is an emerging technology with much potential to help many communities. Research is needed to assist communities throughout the United States in evaluating whether to invest in green infrastructure that can improve stormwater management in multiple ways, including reducing the volume of stormwater entering the sewer system to decrease the costs of grey infrastructure updates, and by managing stormwater runoff as a resource, not a waste, to enhance scarce water supplies. The EPA currently supports a number of research grants from previous solicitations on performance and effectiveness of green infrastructure. Information regarding current and prior research can be found on ORD’s National Center for Environmental Research (NCER) web site.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants
Miscellaneous
- Other
Additional information
See Section III of the announcement for additional eligibility information.
Grantor contact information
Description
Technical Contact: Pasky Pascual (pascual.pasky@epa.gov); phone: 703-347-8056
Eligibility Contact: Ron Josephson (josephson.ron@epa.gov); phone: 703-308-0442
Electronic Submissions: Debra M. Jones (jones.debram@epa.gov); phone: 703-347-8081
jones.debram@epa.gov
Documents
| File name | Description | Last updated |
|---|---|---|
| national_priorities-_lif...pdf | revised announcement | Jun 30, 2015 04:26 PM UTC |
| national-priorities-life-cycle-costs-of-water-infrastructure-alternative....pdf | Full announcement | May 19, 2015 03:09 PM UTC |
Link to additional information
National Priorities: Life Cycle Costs of Water Infrastructure Alternatives
Archived: August 1, 2015
Award
$3,900,000
Program Funding
2
Expected awards
$--
Award Minimum
$1,950,000
Award Maximum
Funding opportunity number:
EPA-G2015-ORD-D1
Cost sharing or matching requirement:
Yes
Funding instrument type:
Grant
Cooperative agreement
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
CategoryExplanation
Category of Funding Activity:
Environment
Category Explanation:
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History
Version:
2
Posted date:
May 19, 2015
Archive date:
August 1, 2015
