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Prop 68 Groundwater Treatment and Remediation Grant Program provides grants for treatment and remediation activities that prevent or reduce the contamination of groundwater that serves as a source of drinking water.
Contaminants Projects must address contamination in groundwater that serves as a source of drinking water. Only those projects addressing contaminants resulting from a discharge of waste and causing contamination will be funded by the Groundwater Treatment and Remediation Grant Program.
Operations and Maintenance Projects: Costs eligible for funding generally include required O&M costs for existing treatment and remediation systems that prevent or reduce contamination of groundwater that serves as a source of drinking water, including but not limited to:
a. Permitting;
b. Monitoring;
c. Reporting;
d. Utility bills;
e. Chemicals;
f. Replacement or changeout of existing equipment;
g. Plant operator.
The types of treatment systems that may qualify for O&M funding include, but are not limited to:
a. Wellhead treatment;
b. Extraction and treatment systems;
c. Centralized groundwater treatment systems;
d. Source area cleanup.
Capital Improvement Projects
It is expected that proposals will primarily consist of requests to fund O&M at existing facilities. New infrastructure projects (e.g., wellhead treatment, installation of extraction and treatment systems, etc.) will generally be directed to the Proposition 1 Groundwater Grant Program, with one potential exception: project proposals that include relatively small-scale capital improvements that will reduce long-term O&M costs. These capital improvements will be considered for funding through the Groundwater Treatment and Remediation Grant Program if an applicant can demonstrate that that the resulting reduction in O&M costs over the useful life of the improvement exceeds the proposed capital cost.
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