Provider
PA Department of Environmental Protection
Application Deadline
June 22, 2026, at 4:00pm
Summary
The Section 319 Nonpoint Source Management Grants aims to improve and protect Pennsylvania’s waters from nonpoint source pollution associated with acid mine drainage (AMD), energy resource extraction, agricultural activities, stormwater runoff, and streambank and shoreline degradation, along with verifying and demonstrating efficacy with enhanced data collection and distribution. Additionally, the goal is to provide assistance to, and expand the data collection capabilities of, trained/audited Tier III collectors and to enhance the quality of data collected by water quality monitoring entities across Pennsylvania.
Common Eligible Projects
Examples:
- Lake restoration projects
- Stream stabilization/improvement structures for pollutant
- load reductions
- Riparian Forest Buffers
- Agricultural BMPs
BMP Implementation as identified in an existing Section 319 Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP). This includes design and permitting and/or construction for agricultural and stormwater management BMP projects, along with AMD, stream channel degradation and floodplain restoration to mitigate the risk of flood damage in the watershed.
Section 319 WIP Revisions or updates to existing WIPs that are at least eight years old.
Tier III Monitoring within 319 WIP Watersheds, TMDL/ARP watersheds, and other impaired waters conducted by qualified collectors, generating assessment level data according to DEP standards.
Statewide or Regional projects addressing nonpoint source pollution to restore or protect water quality may be considered if funding remains.
