The PA Infrastructure Investment Authority is now accepting applications for the Clean Water Project Procurement Program.  The deadline to apply is September 1.

The goal of the program is to improve water quality in the Commonwealth through the purchase of verified nutrient (nitrogen/phosphorus) or sediment reduction resulting from the installation of best management practices that are effective and practical to manage nutrient and sediment to protect surface water and groundwater, with the goal of helping the Commonwealth to achieve it Chesapeake Bay TMDL goals for nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment.

The qualifications for bidders include--

-- Has a written plan that details the method to be used to verify performance of the Best

Management Practice for nutrient or sediment reduction (“Verification Plan”), as further

defined under Act 54, which has been approved by the Department of

Environmental Protection;

-- Is not listed on the Debarment and Suspension List maintained by the Pennsylvania

Department of General Services;

-- Is not in default of a loan or funding agreement administered by PENNVEST or any other

Commonwealth agency; and

-- Does not have a history of notice of violation of the Act of June 22, 1937 (P.L 1987,

No.394), known as the Clean Streams Law or DEP regulations, including but not limited

to, any unresolved violations or current Consent Order and Agreements, Administrative

Orders or Field Orders.

Visit PennVEST’s Clean Water Project Procurement Program webpage for all the details and how to apply.

To learn more about other clean water funding opportunities, visit the PA Infrastructure Investment Authority website.

Visit DEP’s Chesapeake Bay Watershed webpage to learn more about cleaning up rivers and streams in Pennsylvania's portion of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.  Click Here to sign up for regular updates on Pennsylvania’s progress.

How Clean Is Your Stream?

Check DEP’s 2022 Water Quality Report to find out how clean streams are near you.

(Reprinted from the latest DEP Chesapeake Bay Healthy Waters newsletter.  Click Here to sign up for your own copy.)

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[Posted: July 27, 2023]

7/31/2023