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Planning and Design Grant Program
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Grant Program Overview
The purpose of WIFA's Planning and Design Grant Program is to help prepare water
and wastewater facilities for future infrastructure project construction. Typically,
awards are made to facilities with limited resources that need assistance in completing
the planning and/or design phase of an infrastructure project. Grant funding is
provided to employ the services of an engineer or other consultant to complete these
activities. Grant monies are released on a reimbursement basis as work is completed,
and awards are capped at $35,000 per project. Grant funding cannot be used for project
construction or purchase of materials and equipment.
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Applications
WIFA will place priority on projects that are developed and ready to begin. Description
of project tasks and approximate costs must be provided in the grant application
for WIFA to consider the project for award. To supply this information, applicants
may need to solicit proposals from a consultant(s) before completing their application
to WIFA.
Two Grant Cycles
To allow more opportunities for funding and additional time for applicants to develop
projects, WIFA is offering two grant cycles in FY 2011. Applicants whose projects
are not fully developed by the spring deadline can apply for the fall funding cycle.
Energy Efficiency and Water Efficiency Projects
WIFA will continue to place priority on water and energy efficiency projects, which
may qualify for a waiver on the local match funding requirement. The following types
of projects/project components are eligible to qualify for this waiver, depending
on the percentage of the project that qualifies as water/energy efficient and the
documentation provided by the applicant.
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Energy Efficiency
Clean/alternative energy including solar, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal, biogas
combined heat and power systems
Energy efficient retrofits and upgrades to pumps and treatment processes
Energy audits
Variable frequency drives
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Water Efficiency, Reuse and Conservation
Water reclamation, recycling, reuse of existing rainwater, condensate, degraded
water, stormwater, and/or wastewater streams
Systems to recycle gray water
Leak detection
Replacement or rehabilitation of distribution lines to correct water loss
Installation of water meters or automated meter reading systems
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Eligible Applicants
Drinking Water grants are available to community water systems as determined
by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality pursuant to 40 CFR § 141.2.
Clean Water grants are available to wastewater systems owned by a governmental
unit (cities, towns, sanitary districts, wastewater improvement districts), or to
non-governmental entities requesting a grant specifically for the purpose of forming
a governmental unit.
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Project Examples
Below are descriptions of some of the projects that WIFA funded in Fiscal Year 2010.
Drinking Water
Parker Springs Water Company
Technical evaluation of peaking factors in water demands, cost estimates for future
capital improvements to upgrade the system, investigation of location for new well
and storage reservoir, concept design for looping and redundancy.
Mt. Lemmon Water District
Preliminary Engineering Report to address undersized main and service lines, water
pressure and water quality problems.
Cienega Water Company
Preliminary Engineering Report for fluoride treatment.
New Saddleback Vista DWID
Design work for arsenic and uranium removal - water quality tests, site survey,
environmental assessment, site plan, engineering.
Chandler Heights Citrus Irrigation District
System is soon to have an inadequate water supply and inadequate water storage capacity
to meet potable water demand. Back-up well exceeds nitrate standards. Work includes
study of alternate sources to connect into the system as well as additional storage.
McNeal Water Company
Site survey, engineering study, and design work for ADEQ-required storage tank and
booster pump. Planning/design work for installing photovoltaic panels.
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Clean Water
Pinal County Housing Division
Design project to replace the Eleven Mile Corner Wastewater Treatment Plant that
has reached the end of its life and feasibility study of changing the treatment
plant's energy source to solar power.
Town of Patagonia
Energy audit and feasibility study for use of renewable energy at the wastewater
treatment facility.
Alpine Sanitary District
Explore options for using constructed wetlands to improve water quality of discharge
to San Francisco River.
Town of Miami
Preliminary Engineering Report for improvements to wastewater collection system.
Town of Queen Creek
Analyze available subsurface data, groundwater modeling and information to evaluate
recharge capacity at the West Park Site and potential impacts on existing plume
at the WAFB Superfund site.
Town of Chino Valley
Design of septic to sewer project that will allow 20 residences, a 30-unit apartment
complex and the Chino Valley High School to decommission their septic tanks, allowing
a higher level of treatment for the wastewater.
Contact Information
Melanie Ford, Environmental Program Specialist
mford@azwifa.gov
(602) 364-1321
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