Grants & Loans

Assistance in the form of loans or grants may be availble through the specific programs below. More information including who to contact is available on the program pages.

Invasive Aquatic Plants

• Cost Share Grants to Prevent the Spread of Invasive Aquatic Plants. Grants are available for boat inspection/boater education programs to prevent invasive plant infestations and b) hand removal programs for lakes already infested. More Information about "invasive" grants.

Municipal wastewater treament facilities

• State Municipal Construction Grant Program. Grants for planning, design, and construction of wastewater treatment facilities.
• Clean Water State Revolving Loan Fund (CWSRF or SRF). Low interest loans for the construction, expansion, and rehabilitation of wastewater facilities.
  More information about Municipal Construction Grants and SRF loans.

Non-point sources

• Nonpoint Source Water Pollution Control Grants ("319"). Grants to prevent or reduce nonpoint source pollutant loadings entering water resources so that beneficial uses of the water resources are maintained or restored. More information about 319 grants.

On-site wastewater disposal systems

• Small Community Grant Program (SCG). Grants to towns to help replace malfunctioning septic systems that are polluting a waterbody or causing a public nuisance. More information about SCG program.

• Overboard Discharge Elimination Progam (OBD).    Grants for the removal of individual overboard discharges of wastewater.  More information about OBD grants.

Pump-out Grant Program

• Grants to help fund new pump-out facilities. More information about pump-out grants.

Lake Stormwater Compensation Fund Grant

• Grants for stormwater compensation projects to reduce watershed phosphorus export in lake watersheds that have received payments under the Stormwater Compensation Fund. More information about stormwater compensation grants.

Lake Watershed Protection Grant

• Grants to help protect water quality of a lake or stream and to educate the public about the relationship between land use and water quality. More information about watershed protection grant.

Other programs of interest (not at DEP)