Current Water Quality Improvement Grant (WQIG) Opportunities

Currently the WQIG Program does not have any funding opportunities available. Please check back periodically for information about upcoming grant cycles.

See Also:

• Six Easy Steps to Finding Your 12-Digit HUC
• Watershed Improvement Plans (WIP): A Step-by-Step Technical Guide
• A Workbook for Investing In Clean Water
• Writing Effective Monitoring Plans
• Final Report Template for Project Managers
• Quarterly Report Template for Project Managers
• Project Budget for Project Managers
• Make your own maps using the NEMO Internet Map Server

Targeted Watershed Improvement Plan Grants

In 2008, the WQIG Program released a Request for Grant Applications (RFGA) for projects that would develop and begin implementation of Targeted Watershed Improvement Plans (WIP). WIPs are needed to identify and prioritize water quality improvement projects critical to restore water quality. These plans are targeted at specific pollutants causing impairments within a targeted drainage area. The goal of plan implementation is to reduce pollutant loads from nonpoint sources causing surface waters to be listed as "impaired" or "not attaining," or causing ground water to not meet drinking water quality standards. WIPs allow future on-the-ground WQIG funding to be focused on priority projects identified in the plan, so that in the near future an impaired water will meet water quality standards.

Previously Awarded Grants

• Targeted Watershed Grant Awards - May 2009
• Map: San Francisco River drainage area, primarily from the Blue River to Limestone Gulch, near Clifton
• Map: Granite Creek, from headwaters to Watson Lake, in the Prescott area

Statewide WQIGs

The ultimate vision of the WQIG Program is for all of Arizona's waters to be clean and safe. To reach this vision, the program strives to fund projects that implement sufficient, economically and scientifically sound management practices that result in quantifiable improvements to surface water quality. Other outcomes of strong projects include education and public awareness of water quality issues, active citizen involvement, innovative approaches to problem solving, and long-term project maintenance and results.

Previously Awarded Grants

• WQIG Award Recipients - July 2010
• WQIG Award Recipients - July 2009
• WQIG Award Recipients - July 2008
• WQIG Award Recipients - June 2007
• WQIG Award Recipients - February 2006
• WQIG Award Recipients - January 2005
• WQIG Award Recipients - January 2004
• WQIG Award Recipients - January 2003
• WQIG Award Recipients - January 2002
• WQIG Award Recipients - July 2001
• WQIG Award Recipients - January 2001
• WQIG Award Recipients - July 2000

View ADEQ's Interactive GIS eMaps, where you can see all the grants awarded under our program.

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