Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
Water Quality Improvement Grant Program
Investing In Clean Water

The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality Water Quality Improvement Grant (WQIG) Program allocates money from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to interested parties for implementation of nonpoint source management and watershed protection. The distribution of grant funds from EPA is provided pursuant to Section 319(h) of the Clean Water Act and administered by the ADEQ Water Quality Division. ADEQ uses these federal funds to implement on-the-ground water quality improvement projects to control nonpoint source pollution.

Nonpoint source pollution is polluted runoff from many different sources and remains the nation's largest source of water quality problems. Nonpoint source pollution occurs when rainfall, snowmelt or irrigation runs over land or through the ground, picks up pollutants and deposits them into rivers, lakes and coastal waters or introduces them into ground water. Agriculture, forestry, grazing, septic systems, recreational boating, urban runoff, construction, physical changes to stream channels and habitat degradation are potential sources of nonpoint source pollution. Projects must focus on improving or protecting water quality within the state of Arizona.

• Water Quality Education Grants
• Targeted Watershed Improvement Plan Grants
• Statewide Water Quality Improvement Grants

Mailing List
If you would like to receive information about the Water Quality Improvement Grant Program as it becomes available, please join our e-mail list by completing the following form. Or, if you would rather have information mailed to you, please contact Krista Osterberg, Grant and Outreach Coordinator, at (602) 771-4635 or, toll free, at (800) 234-5677. Periodically, we will send information about other grant opportunities as they are brought to our attention.

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