Upcoming training events and grant opportunities

CDPHE - in-person and virtual training

You and your water utility personnel are invited to receive FREE training. For each training, follow the registration button and click on the date that you would like to attend. We offer courses all year long! Fill out the associated registration form. After you register, the department will send an email with information on how to access the online platform or the in-person location of the training.

Building Resilience in Your Water/Wastewater System

Upcoming offerings:

Webinar 10/25/23

Colorado Springs, CO 12/7/23

Training to build resilience in your water sector and your community. Operators who participate can earn up to .4 TUs.

The training aims to:

• Create, implement, and build upon your emergency management plans.
• Improve your system’s security measures.
• Take stock of your current financial situation.
• Plan for your financial future. 
• Navigate State Revolving Fund (SRF) funding opportunities.

Lead and Copper Rule Revision

Upcoming offerings:

Salida, CO 10/19/23

Webinar 10/26/23

Webinar 11/16/23

Colorado Springs, CO 12/8/23

Training on the upcoming requirements for the Lead and Copper Rule Revision. Operators who participate can get .2 training units.  Our goal is that you will leave this training:

• Prepared you to comply with Lead and Copper Rule Revision
• With tools, templates, resources
• With a plan of action to create a Lead Service Line Inventory and a Lead Service Line Replacement Plan
• With a plan of who will be carrying out action items
• A timeline to develop your inventory and plan by October, 2024

Please use the button below to register. Click on the date that you would like to attend, and fill out the associated registration form.

Grant opportunities

CDPHE - Grants available for service line inventories and lead service line replacement plans

For more information on grant funding and application materials, please visit the division’s Water Quality Grants webpage.

The Water Quality Control Division is providing grant funding to assist public water systems with the service line inventory and lead service line replacement planning process. Grants cover 90% of the project cost, ranging from $10,000 to $250,000. Applications will be accepted at four upcoming deadlines, beginning October 1, 2023. Grants will be awarded on a first-come, first-serve basis during each application review period until funds are depleted. Reimbursements will only be made for expenses incurred after the grant agreement is executed. Eligible applicants include:

• Publicly owned water systems and private not-for-profit public water systems whose service area is between 7,500 persons and 50,000 persons and whose Median Household Income is less than 120% of the State’s Median Household Income.
• Publicly owned water systems and private not-for-profit public water systems whose service area is larger than 50,000 persons, and whose Median Household Income is less than 80% of the State’s Median Household Income.

Applicants must proceed with work within 30 calendar days of contracting.

The department also offers free technical support from a dedicated contractor to eligible systems serving 15,000 persons or less. Such systems are encouraged to consider this option before applying for a grant. Information on this support system is available on the Compliance Assurance Section’s Lead and Copper Rule Revisions webpage.

Background

All community and non-transient, non-community water systems must develop a service line inventory to identify the materials of service lines connected to the public water distribution system. If one or more lead, galvanized requiring replacement, or lead status unknown service lines are identified in their distribution system, systems must submit a Lead Service Line Replacement (LSLR) plan. These water systems must submit both documents by October 16, 2024.

EPA - Grants Available for Drinking Water System Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability

The EPA has opened the Drinking Water Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Grant Program. The FY23 Request for Applications (RFA) can be viewed under the ‘How to Apply’ section of the grant website, linked here, and contains detailed information explaining the competition and application instructions.

Application period: September 7, 2023 to November 6, 2023

Questions: Please send all inquiries to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., by October 16, 2023. 

How to apply: Applications for this grant program will only be accepted through Grants.gov. The opportunity number is EPA-OW-OGWDW-23-01, assistance listing number 66.448.

Contact

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cdphe.colorado.gov/water-quality

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