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$5 Million – Illinois Overflow and Sewer Grant

Purpose: Supports local governments in addressing combined sewer overflows (CSOs), sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs), and stormwater management to improve water quality.

Eligible Applicants:  Government Organizations.

·         No match required for:

o   Rural communities (population < 10,000)

o   Financially distressed communities (population <30,000 with median household income <70% of the state average.

Deadline: January 1, 2027, or until all funds have been expended.

Apply via: Grant Accountability and Transparency Act Grantee Portal.

 

 

$788,000 – Gulf Hypoxia Program

Purpose: Reduce nitrate pollution in Illinois surface waters by funding nonpoint source edge-of-field control projects as part of the Gulf Hypoxia Program.

                Eligible Practices:

1.       Denitrifying Bioreactors – Remove nitrates from water

2.       Saturated Buffers – Filter water before it reaches streams

3.       Constructed Wetlands – Treat and clean water

Eligible Applicants:  Individuals, Small Businesses, Others, Government Organizations, Education Organizations, Nonprofit Organizations, For-Profit Organizations.

·         Projects must be in priority watersheds where water drains into the Gulf of Mexico and use at least one of the above best management practices.

Deadline: January 1, 2027, or until all funds have been expended.

Apply via: Grant Accountability and Transparency Act Grantee Portal.

 

 

$4.4 Million – Watershed Planning and Implementation Grants

Purpose: Funds projects that address nonpoint source (NPS) pollution affecting surface and groundwater in Illinois through watershed-based planning and implementation.

                Funding Breakdown

·         $400,000 for watershed-based planning projects

·         $4 million for implementation projects, including:

o   $250,000 for education and outreach,

o   $150,000 for monitoring,

o   $3.6 million for Best Management Practices (BMPs).

Eligible Applicants:  Individuals, Small Businesses, Others, Government Organizations, Education Organizations, Nonprofit Organizations, For-Profit Organizations

·         Projects must aim to develop watershed-based plans or implement existing watershed-based plans to reduce or prevent NPS pollution.

Deadline: July 23, 2025, at 1:00 PM (CDT)

Apply via: Grant Accountability and Transparency Act Grantee Portal.