This grant provides 50% matching funds to public water supply systems for the development and implementation of a source water protection program to help prevent drinking water sources from becoming contaminated.

These funds can be used to develop a Surface Water Intake Protection Program for systems utilizing surface water or to develop a Wellhead Protection Program for those systems that use groundwater sources.

Grant eligible activities shall support the development or implementation of a local Source Water Protection (SWP) program and be consistent with the State of Michigan SWP program and is performed within the Source Water Protection Area (SWPA) or one-mile radius for low tritium public water supply wells.

The minimum application requirements include:

• A 50 percent local match that must be provided through local funds equal to the amount of grant assistance requested
• A source water protection team consisting of at least three people, including representation from the water supply superintendent and the municipality
• A minimum score of ten on the application

• Public Water Supplies
• Municipal Government
• Non-profit Organizations

• Administrative duties needed for the development, implementation, and maintenance of a source water protection
• Source water protection area delineation including survey, hydrologic and groundwater modeling, installation of observation and monitoring wells and tritium testing
• Contaminant source inventory including record research, general survey, onsite inspection, and develop a program to locate and identify abandoned wells
• Creation of strategies and ordinances to reduce contaminants in the sources water protection areas
• Emergency response planning
• Public education and participation

Applicants must sign up for a MILogin Third Party account. Completed MiEHDWIS applications and all supporting attachments must be submitted in MiEHDWIS no later than June 15 of each year.

Current application round is closed. Anticipate next round to be spring 2023.