DEQ is the state's lead agency for developing and implementing statewide nonpoint source (NPS) pollution control programs and services to prevent degradation of the Commonwealth's water quality and quantity. As such, the agency acquires and disburses various federal, state and nonprofit grant funds.

DEQ administers various NPS grant programs using funds from the federal government, nonprofit organizations or foundations, as well as from Virginia legislature. The agency enters into “sub-agreements” through grants and cooperative agreements, sometimes through Requests for Applications (RFAs).

NPS Grant Program Information

Grant programs have different purposes and guidelines that grantees must adhere to, including:

• NPS Management Implementation Grant Program (Federal)
• Chesapeake Bay Grants Program (Federal)
• Water Quality Improvement Fund – Non-Agricultural Nonpoint (State)

Please see the DEQ Office of Watershed and Local Government Assistance Program’s Funding, Grant and Project Resources webpage for additional details about Current Funding Opportunities, Notices of Intent to Award (NOIA), and Examples of Closed Funding Opportunities.