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Source Protection Grants In the Main - A technical assistance newsletter for Public Water Suppliers
Winter 2008
By Catherine Hamilton
For the past 4 years MassDEP and the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EOEEA) have coordinated efforts to provide communities and public water systems with funding for land acquisition to protect public drinking water supplies. Funding is available through the Drinking Water Supply Protection (DWSP) Grant Program offered annually in the spring with awards announced in the fall. Successful applicants can use their grant awards towards outright land purchases or conservation restrictions.
Since 2004, the DWSP grant program has awarded $10,621,999 to acquire 2,171 acres of land. Successful applicants have included the: North Raynham Water District; Wareham Fire District; West Groton Water District; and the towns of Barnstable; Brewster; Carver; Cohasset; Dartmouth; Fitchburg; Hatfield; Ipswich; Leominster; Marshfield; Mattapoisett; Medfield; Middleboro; New Bedford; Newburyport; Reading; Salisbury; Taunton; Sudbury; Westfield; Westford; and Worcester.
For more information about these grants, contact Catherine Hamilton 617-556-1070, or visit http://www.mass.gov/dep/water/drinking/sourcewa.htm.
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