FY20 WIIN Act Drinking Water Grants Infographic Information last updated: October 2021 Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act Grants r The WIIN Act addresses, supports, and improves America's drinking water infrastructure. The three grants were established to promote public and environmental health by providing investment in the nation's small and disadvantaged communities, their public water systems, and schools and child care facilities to address lead exposure in drinking water, other contaminants, and compliance issues. Lead Testing in School and Child Care Program Drinking Water Small, Underserved, and Disadvantaged Communities (SUDC) Reducing Lead in Drinking Water V WIIN Grant Public water systems; tribes; nonprofit organizations; municipalities; and states, interstate, or intermunicipal agencies States, territories, and tribes fWho > Receives ^Amount States, territories, and tribes Deadline for participating states to submit their final application was June 1, 2020. Awardees were selected on October 23, 2020 Applications opened on www.Grants.gov in September 2021. The next deadline is June 30, 2022 State allotments were announced for states, territories, and tribes on March 15, 2021 Highlights Reduce lead exposure in drinking water through lead service line replacement and treatment improvement projects for public water systems and remediation projects in schools and child care facilities Assist small, underserved and disadvantaged communities comply with the Safe Drinking Water Act through infrastructure projects; technical, managerial, and financial capacity building activities; and contaminant- specific activities Assist in implementing voluntary programs in schools and child care facilities to establish best practices, reduce lead contamination, and establish trust between schools/child care facilities and their communities to test for lead in drinking water *FY22 funding amounts are estimates based on a presidential budget and do not necessarily reflect final appropriations. In 2020, 947 schools and 1,758 child care facilities were tested for lead in drinking water using WIIN grant funding Grants have been awarded to 74 small and disadvantaged communities in 39 states, territories, and tribal communities in FY2018 and FY2019 Ten projects have been awarded to reduce lead exposure in drinking water by replacing thousands of lead service lines and removing potential sources of lead in hundreds of schools and child care facilities across the United States ------- |