{"id":13285,"date":"2025-03-20T09:13:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T13:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/?p=13285"},"modified":"2025-03-20T09:13:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T13:13:45","slug":"delaware-offering-grants-for-water-quality-improvement-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/delaware-offering-grants-for-water-quality-improvement-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Delaware Offering Grants for Water Quality Improvement Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control is accepting project proposals for its Community Water Quality Improvement Grants program. Nonprofits, conservation groups, community organizations, and homeowners\u2019 associations are encouraged to apply for matching grant funds to support initiatives that enhance water quality. Funding for selected projects will range from $25,000 to $75,000, with applications undergoing a competitive review before recommendations are presented to the Delaware Water Infrastructure Advisory Council. Each applicant may submit up to two proposals per cycle, and the deadline for submissions is 4:30 p.m. EDT on April 29. Project guidelines and applications can be accessed at <a href=\"http:\/\/de.gov\/envfinance\">de.gov\/envfinance<\/a>.<br> Eligible projects include watershed restoration, stormwater management improvements, and voluntary pollution control initiatives. Past recipients have used grant funding for green infrastructure projects such as green roofs, streambank restoration, stormwater retrofits, and living shoreline installations to combat erosion. Grant proposals must be emailed to NPS.grants@delaware.gov with \u201cCommunity Water Quality Improvement Grants\u201d in the subject line. Submissions must be under 10MB in size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/view-of-the-calm-ocean-waves-2025-02-09-15-59-59-utc-1024x683.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/view-of-the-calm-ocean-waves-2025-02-09-15-59-59-utc-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/view-of-the-calm-ocean-waves-2025-02-09-15-59-59-utc-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/view-of-the-calm-ocean-waves-2025-02-09-15-59-59-utc-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/view-of-the-calm-ocean-waves-2025-02-09-15-59-59-utc-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/view-of-the-calm-ocean-waves-2025-02-09-15-59-59-utc-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control is accepting project proposals for its Community Water Quality Improvement Grants program. Nonprofits, conservation groups, community organizations, and homeowners\u2019 associations are encouraged to apply for matching grant funds to support initiatives that enhance water quality. Funding for selected projects will range from $25,000 to $75,000, with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/view-of-the-calm-ocean-waves-2025-02-09-15-59-59-utc-scaled.jpeg?fit=2560%2C1707&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-3sh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36780,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/delaware-water-quality-grants-available-for-community-groups\/","url_meta":{"origin":13285,"position":0},"title":"Delaware Water Quality Grants Available for Community Groups","author":"Admin","date":"March 14, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The Delaware Department of Natural Resources is accepting applications for community water improvement grants. 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