Emerging Contaminants / PFAS Funding

Emerging Contaminants /PFAS Funding Application Information

  • Please note that the application used for Emerging Contaminants / PFAS funding is the same application used for all Division of Water Infrastructure funding programs offered during the Fall 2023 funding round.

  • Applications are submitted online. 

  • Application deadline is Oct. 2, 2023 (5:00 p.m.)

  • The Fall 2023 application and related forms are available at: Application Forms and Additional Resources

 Online Application submittal 

Division of Water Infrastructure Fall 2023 Emerging Contaminants / PFAS Funding

During its Fall 2023 funding round, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Water Infrastructure is offering Emerging Contaminants funding, available to local government units, non-profit water corporations and investor-owned drinking water companies for planning or construction projects addressing Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in water or wastewater systems.  DEQ is utilizing federal funding to help public water systems address PFAS in advance of the EPA’s proposed National Drinking Water Regulation.

Funding is available to assist eligible drinking water systems in planning how to address PFAS contamination. Planning can be in the form of assessment studies, pilot testing treatment technologies, design and alternatives analysis for future construction projects, pre-construction planning projects, etc., following the guidance of the Division of Water Resources’ Public Water Supply Section. Funding is also available to assist eligible applicants with construction projects to address PFAS contamination.

The deadline for submitting funding applications for the Fall 2023 funding round is Oct. 2, 2023. Applications are submitted online, using the application instruction document and associated forms found here. 

Online Application submittal

  
Applications will be scored based on the established Priority Rating System, and funding awards will be made in February 2024. 

The Division is also currently accepting applications for other types of drinking water, wastewater and stormwater projects, with the same Oct. 2, 2023 application deadline. Funding for lead service line replacement projects is also available now on an ongoing basis. 

 

Aug. 31, 2023 Webinar on Fall 2023 Emerging Contaminants/PFAS Funding

The Division of Water Infrastructure presented an informational webinar about PFAS funding on Aug. 31. During the webinar, Kenneth Waldroup, Executive Director of the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority (CFPUA), presented on CFPUA’s experience with planning and constructing projects, to address PFAS.

PFAS Funding Informational Webinar (8/31/23)

 

Related EPA links

Additional Funding and Application Information

Tab/Accordion Items

  • Please note that the application used for Emerging Contaminants / PFAS funding is the same application used for all Division of Water Infrastructure funding programs offered during the Fall 2023 funding round.

  • Applications are submitted online. 

  • The Fall 2023 application and related forms are available at: Application Forms and Additional Resources

  • The online submittal portal link is located on page 8 of the Fall 2023 application/instructions document available at the link above.

 

  • IUP/PRS for EC-DWSRF 

  • IUP/PRS for EC-CWSRF 

DEQ Public Water Supply (PWS) Section Information

  • For more information on the Public Water Supply rules governing pilot studies, see 15A NCAC 18C .0714 or contact PWS staff.

  • More detailed information on requirements for emerging contaminant treatment will be relayed as more guidance comes from federal partners.

DEQ Emerging Contaminants Web Resources

DEQ Action Strategy for PFAS

Understanding PFAS

Emerging Compounds