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acquiring, protecting and restoring Minnesota's natural resource base that will provide <br />public outdoor recreation opportunities; redevelopment and renovation of current <br />infrastructure; and promoting outdoor nature based recreation and nature based education <br />initiatives. <br />Applicants must be able to fund 25% of the total project costs in cash. Projects must be <br />completed within 24 months of the award. <br />Clean Water Fund <br />These funds may only be spent to protect, enhance, and restore water quality in lakes, <br />rivers, and streams and to protect groundwater from degradation. At least five percent of <br />the clean water fund must be spent to protect drinking water. <br />Below are the Competitive Grant Funding categories and the governmental units that are <br />eligible to apply for a Clean Water Fund grant. Cities are eligible for seven of these <br />grants. <br />Agency Fund <br />Governmental Units Eligible for <br />Funding <br />Required Local Match <br />BWSR Runoff Reduction Grants <br />Watershed Districts and WMOs <br />25% <br />BWSR Clean Water Assistance <br />Grants <br />SWCDs, Watershed Districts, <br />WMOs and Counties <br />25% <br />BWSR Shoreland Improvement <br />Grants <br />SWCDs, Watershed Districts, <br />WMOs, Counties, Cities, and JPBs <br />of these organizations <br />25% <br />BWSR Conservation Drainage <br />Advancement Grants <br />SWCDs, WDs, WMOs, Counties, <br />and JPBs of these organizations <br />25% <br />BWSR Restoration Technical <br />Assistance Grants <br />SWCDs, WDs, WMOs, Counties, <br />Cities & JPBs of these <br />organizations <br />25% <br />MPCA SSTS Inventory Grants <br />Counties <br />50% <br />BWSR SSTS Program <br />Enhancement Grants <br />Counties <br />25% <br />MDA Clean Water Ag BMP <br />Eligible AgBMP Loan authorities <br />Not required <br />MPCA Surface Water Assessment <br />Grants <br />WDs, counties, Cities <br />MPCA Nonpoint Source Pollution <br />WDs, WMOs. Counties, Cities & <br />JPBs <br />50% <br />Total Maximum Daily Load <br />(TMDL) Grants <br />Cities, WDs <br />50% <br />Phosphorous Reduction Grants <br />(Wastewater Treatment Plants) <br />Cities <br />50% <br />MPFA Small Community <br />Wastewater Treatment Program <br />Cities, counties, sanitary districts <br />on PCA's project priority list <br />Dependent on city median <br />income if grant or loan <br />Key to Acronyms: <br />3 <br />