$124 Million in FY 2024 was provided for the Ohio Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Grant Program which provides grants to improve access to clean drinking water and wastewater infrastructure.
Eligible entities include public entities within a political subdivision with the authority to own and operate public water and sewer systems and nonprofit, non-community public water systems
Eligible projects include design, or construction projects. Design projects should be submitted after an eligible applicant has completed the preliminary planning phase of a project.
Project awards; design projects can receive a maximum award of $250,000, and construction projects can receive a maximum grant amount of $5 million.
At the discretion of the Director of Development, additional grant funding may be awarded for an individual project due to lack of matching funds and other inhibiting factors. Maximum project awards in these circumstances shall not exceed $10 million and are solely at the discretion of the Director.