Water Quality Enhancement Development, Design,
and Implementation Block Grant

REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN
Date of Issuance: March 27, 2025
Application Deadline: May 1, 2025
Notification of Award: May 15, 2025

 The Mount Ascutney Regional Commission (MARC) is administering funding under the Enhancement Development, Design, and Implementation Block Grant (EDDIBG) program and seeks proposals for project development, engineering design, and implementation of water quality enhancement projects.

Funding under the EDDIBG will support water quality enhancement projects that meet the defined statutory goals, which have established a broader definition of water quality improvements to include benefits that have previously been considered co-benefits (ex. flood resiliency, recreational benefits). Projects that seek to achieve any of the Enhancement Grant statutory goals are eligible for EDDIBG funds, if they meet all other CWIP funding requirements and MARC subgrant requirements.

You will find this application is divided into two project categories: 
Category A: For Project Development Projects (General Project Scoping and Specific Project Development Activities including development efforts needed between the design and implementation phases of enhancement projects)
Category B: For Engineering Design and Implementation Projects (Preliminary (30%) Design, Final (100%) Design, and Implementation)

Please contact us if you have any questions about the application or the eligibility of your project. You will find associated documents and forms for this application linked below and in the application.

Staff Contacts:  Chris Yurek and  Cindy Ingersoll

Application materials and resources:

• EDDIBG Grant Application - 3/27/25
• EDDIBG Category A Budget Form
• EDDIBG Category B Budget Form
• Appendix A - Project Eligibility and Screening Form
• CWIP Funding Policy Updated 9/26/23
• CWIP Project Types 2-15-23
• Enhancement Grants Summary Document
• CWIP Project Development Guidance 1-25-24
• CWIP VDHP Review Form
• NR MAP Screening Tool Instructions
• New Project Form for WPD

​Program Background

The EDDIBG is funded by the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation’s Clean Water Initiative Program (CWIP) to support project development, engineering design, and implementation of priority water quality enhancement projects statewide.  EDDIBG is a sub-initiative under the Water Quality Enhancement Grant Program (10 V.S.A. § 926) established under the Clean Water Service Delivery Act (Act 76 of 2019).

This funding opportunity was announced in May 2023. MARC is serving as one of three statewide Funding Program Administrators, along with Watersheds United Vermont (WUV) and the Vermont Association of Conservation Districts (VACD).

More detail on this program and eligibility criteria can be found in the Enhancement Grants Summary Document.

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