What is WaterTA?
All communities deserve access to clean, reliable water. Yet, too many communities across America face challenges in providing safe drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater services to their residents. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law presents an unprecedented opportunity to address water infrastructure needs by providing $50 billion in new funding – the largest federal investment in water in the history of our nation. New and existing EPA Water Technical Assistance (WaterTA) programs will be utilized to support effective implementation of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
The EPA’s free Water Technical Assistance (WaterTA) services support communities to identify water challenges, develop plans, build capacity, and develop application materials to access water infrastructure funding. To implement WaterTA, the EPA collaborates with states, Tribes, territories, community partners, and other key stakeholders. Learn more about WaterTA services and programs and view past WaterTA webinars and presentations.
How can WaterTA Help?
WaterTA may be able to help your community and its water utilities address water challenges such as:
- Sewer backups or sewage in yards or homes
- Drinking water accessibility or quality concerns
- Low-water pressure or unreliable water service
- Lack of running water
- Concerns about lead in your community’s drinking water
- Flooding or stormwater backups throughout a neighborhood
To address these concerns, WaterTA experts and partners are equipped to help with:
- Lead service line identification and replacement
- Drinking water treatment plant and pipe upgrades or building new drinking water infrastructure
- Wastewater treatment plant and pipe upgrades or building new infrastructure
- Connecting households or small drinking water/wastewater systems to larger systems
- Stormwater, green infrastructure, and water conservation projects
- Source water protection
- Emerging contaminant (e.g., PFAS) challenges
- Improving cybersecurity
- Improving climate resiliency
For more information, refer to EPA’s Community WaterTA Fact Sheet.
Community-Focused Assistance
The EPA’s WaterTA aims to assist communities with applications for federal funding, quality infrastructure, and reliable water services. If your community is facing water infrastructure challenges and could benefit from support, we encourage you to learn more about who can receive WaterTA services and the challenges WaterTA can help your community address then complete and submit a webform request via the following button:
Click Here to Request Water Technical Assistance for Your Community.
See examples of WaterTA in action.
If you want to become a WaterTA Provider (offering technical assistance to communities), please click here to learn more and apply.
This is the home page for WaterTA.
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