June 1, 2022 – The Greater Monterey County Regional Water Management Group is now accepting project proposals for the Greater Monterey County Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) Plan. Both concept proposals (preliminary project ideas) and implementation projects (developed projects, with budgets) are being accepted.
To be eligible for inclusion in the IRWM Plan, projects:
- must be located within the geographic boundaries of the Greater Monterey County IRWM Region (see Region Description on our homepage);
- must address water resource management issues in the Greater Monterey County Region, including water supply, water quality, flood management, and/or natural resource enhancement; and
- must be consistent with the Region’s goals and objectives.
This project solicitation is in anticipation of the Region’s Proposition 1 IRWM Implementation Grant Round 2 application. Projects must be included in an IRWM Plan in order to be eligible for State IRWM Implementation Grant funds. All implementation projects that are incorporated into the IRWM Plan via this project solicitation will be deemed eligible for IRWM grant funding, and may be considered for the Region’s Round 2 grant application. A total of $3,560,340 is available in Round 2 for Greater Monterey County IRWM implementation projects.
The Regional Water Management Group’s process for selecting projects for the Round 2 IRWM Grant application is described in the Project Review Process document below.
The project application deadline is 5:00PM July 15, 2022.
The application form is available in PDF below. Please contact Susan Robinson to receive a Word version of the application form.
Submit applications to: Susan Robinson, Greater Monterey County IRWM Program Director, srobinsongs@frontier.com.
For more information: Contact Susan Robinson at srobinsongs@frontier.com, or (802) 279-4615.
RESOURCES
Project Review Process
2022 Greater Monterey County IRWM Project Solicitation Timeline
Department of Water Resources Prop 1 Round 2 Documents
For information about the State’s IRWM Program and the current Round 2 application process, visit the Department of Water Resources website.
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