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NC DEQ »   About »   Divisions »   Water Resources »   Drinking Water »   Drinking Water Protection Program »   Funding & Incentives

Funding & Incentives

Available funding, technical assistance and other incentives provide strong motivation to translate source water protection ideas into real and viable projects. The links below provide a variety of pathways to identify the resources to help you move forward.

Funding Sources

Grants are often competitive and they are awarded with specific requirements.  You can find relevant information on a variety of funding programs linked below.  Funding agencies often wish to achieve multiple objectives.  Do your research and make sure your application is positioned to address multiple environmental goals.  In addition to grants, our Funding Factsheet defines strategies to develop local revenue streams.

  • Funding Fact Sheet

  • Developing Local Funding
  • UNC Environmental Finance Center

Partnership Arrangements

Drinking water protection is a priority component of various state agencies and programs.  There is a variety of programs that offer technical assistance for projects designed to protect the state’s water.  Additionally, we have established state partnership initiatives to assist drinking water protection projects that include agricultural impact, stormwater runoff, land conservation, and waste water discharge.

Awards and Recognition

Acknowledging successful drinking water protection projects provides strong motivation for action. Recipients of awards are often leaders who have vision and demonstrate sustained commitment. Award-winning projects can often be duplicated in other communities.

  • NC SW Collaborative Awards Program
  • Greater Triangle Stewardship Development Awards
  • AWOP Awards

Land Conservation Assistance

Many communities support land conservation as a means to protect drinking water.  Although such projects can be expensive, we have created a low-interest loan program to help make these efforts possible.

  • Program Description
  • Sample Application for Low Interest Loan
  • SWP Benefits of Land Conservation

Drinking Water Protection Program

  • Contact Us
  • HB 894: An Act to Improve Source Water Protection Planning
  • SWP Technical Assistance Fact Sheet
  • Source Water Assessment Program
  • Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule Data
  • NC SW Collaborative
  • Funding & Incentives
    • DWP Funding Fact Sheet
  • Success Stories
  • Tools & Resources
  • Sample Wellhead Protection (WHP) Plans
  • Wellhead Protection

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