2008 Grant Funding
 

In October 2007, Ecology began accepting pre-applications for its first annual Columbia River Basin Water Management Grant Program.  Successful applicants were awarded grants funded by the Account.

Application Process

Pre-applications were accepted from October 1 though November 30, 2007.

The Department of Ecology evaluated the pre-applications to ensure they met eligibility criteria including:

Successful pre-applicants were invited to submit an application in March 2008.

Proposed conservation, small storage, aquifer storage, and operation and maintenance projects were subjected to technical analysis and scoring by the Technical Advisory Group (TAG), a committee composed of water resource experts from state, tribal, and local government, conservation districts, and the Salmon Recovery Board (TAG Charter).  Other projects were evaluated internally by Ecology.

Once evaluated and scored, Ecology submitted a list of recommended projects for discussion by the Policy Advisory Group, a committee composed of representatives from federal, state, tribal, and local government and agricultural, business, and environmental stakeholder groups.  Selected projects will then be submitted to the Governor and the Legislature for funding. Grants for the 2007 funding cycle will be awarded in July 2009.

 

Economic & Environmental Benefits

These investments in our water infrastructure have the potential to provide the following benefits:

 

2008 Grants Awarded