WREN
Grant Funding Available for
2008-2009 Water Resources Education Projects
See what WREN grantees are doing with their money.
NOTE: Applications must be postmarked or dropped off no later than Wednesday, April 2, 2008.
Through its Water Resources Education Network (WREN) Project, the League
of Women Voters of Pennsylvania Citizen Education Fund (LWVPA-CEF)
will accept proposals for water resources education projects sponsored
by community based partnerships that educate, build awareness, and
promote water-sustaining public policies and/or behavior change. Projects
should be designed to encourage individual or collective action that
will protect and improve local water resources. Funding will be awarded
in two tracks:
Source
Water Protection projects which
educate about how to protect, improve or restore the drinking
water source waters for the community's public drinking water system.
[Source water is the untreated, raw water from streams, rivers,
lakes, springs, or underground aquifers that serve as sources of
a community's drinking water.
Watershed Protection projects which
educate about how to protect, improve or remediate the watershed
from the impacts of nonpoint source (NPS) pollution. [NPS pollution
includes drainage or runoff from: abandoned coal mines, oil or
gas wells; inadequate erosion control practices during urban development;
improper agricultural and timber harvesting practices; and failing
on-lot septic systems or other waste disposal sites. NPS also results
from hydrologic modifications (changing the way water flows through
an area.)
LWVPA-CEF invites partnerships of local or regional organizations,
such as watershed associations, civic groups, community water systems,
governmental entities (including municipal authorities), and other
public interest organizations to carefully review the WREN Grant Application Guidelines and Application Form (see below) and
to submit an application to LWVPA CEF. Successful applicants will be notified
by May 15, 2008. Other important dates and information are included
on the Grant Application Processing Timetable.
NOTE: There is an error on the Timetable -- applications must be postmarked or dropped off no later than Wednesday, April 2, 2008.
Funding for source water protection projects is
provided by Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP)
by virtue of the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1996, section 1452 (State
Revolving Loan Fund for Drinking Water Source Water Protection.) Funding
for the watershed protection projects is provided
by the PADEP Nonpoint Source Management Program through Section 319
of the federal Clean Water Act, administered by the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA.) The views expressed herein are those of the LWVPA-CEF
and do not necessarily reflect the views of EPA, PADEP, or any of its
subagencies.
No Section 319 funds may be used to fund any activities specifically required by a draft or final National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit. Examples of activities requiring NPDES permits include Phase I and II storm water management facilities (including operators of Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems -MS4s) and Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO)/AFO agricultural operations. Activities included in a storm water plan that are of a watershed restoration nature may be eligible for funding. Please contact the WREN program coordinator if you believe your proposal may involve an NPDES permit requirement.
Since 1992, LWVPA CEF has made thirteen rounds of grant awards, totaling 270 grants, to Pennsylvania partnerships working to improve their water resources. Questions about this thirteenth round of water resources education grant awards and the application process, should be directed to WREN Project Director Sherene Hess at (724) 465-4978 or Beth Marshall at (724) 465-4687. You may also email the WREN project personnel at wren@palwv.org
General
Information
Grant award:
Each award will be up to $5,000. Covers activities undertaken July 1,
2008-June 30, 2009.
Deadline:
Applications must be postmarked (if mailed) or received (if hand delivered)
by 4:00 p.m. on April 2, 2008 at the following address:
League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania Citizen Education Fund
Attn: WREN
226 Forster Street
Harrisburg, PA 17102-3220
Faxes are not acceptable.
Reporting:
Two copies of a brief, interim report summarizing and evaluating
the project to date is required by December 15, 2008 . Two copies
of a final report are required no later than July
15, 2009 . T wo copies of all public educational materials produced
with this grantshould be forwarded with final report.
Orientation Meeting:
Project Leaders from successful proposals are expected to attend an Orientation
Meeting in June 2008 (date available shortly) to network with other WREN funded projects, current and past; and to
learn about resources available. There is no cost to the applicant, or any other members of
the project Partnership, to attend.
Source of Funds:
Funding is provided by Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP)
by virtue of the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1996, section 1452 (State Revolving
Loan Fund for Drinking Water Source Water Protection and by the PADEP Nonpoint
Source Management Program through Section 319 of the federal Clean Water Act,
administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA.) The views expressed
herein are those of the LWVPA-CEF and do not necessarily reflect the views of
EPA, PADEP, or any of its subagencies.
No Section 319 funds may be used to fund any activities specifically required by a draft or final National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit. Examples of activities requiring NPDES permits include Phase I and II storm water management facilities (including operators of Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems -MS4s) and Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO)/AFO agricultural operations. Activities included in a storm water plan that are of a watershed restoration nature may be eligible for funding. Please contact the WREN program coordinator if you believe your proposal may involve an NPDES permit requirement.
Contact:
Sherene Hess, WREN Project Director
Phone: (724) 465-4978
sherenehess@yourinter.net
or
Beth Marshall, WREN Project Assoc.
Phone: (724) 465-4687
or
Julie Kollar,
Program Manager
Source Water Protection Promotion
WREN Grant Application Guidelines and Application
(in Word Document format)
Application Forms (Word)
WREN Grant Application Guidelines and Application
(in PDF format)
Application Forms (PDF)
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