Bungwe la US Environmental Protection Agency likuyembekeza kupereka ndalama pakati pa $ 1.8 mpaka $ 3.8 miliyoni zothandizira mapulojekiti m'dziko lonselo kuti athandize kubwezeretsa madzi a m'matauni pokonza madzi abwino komanso kuthandizira kukonzanso anthu. Ndalamazi ndi gawo la pulogalamu ya EPA ya Urban Waters, yomwe imathandizira madera poyesetsa kupeza, kukonza, ndi kupindula ndi madzi akumidzi awo komanso malo ozungulira. Madzi okhala ndi thanzi komanso opezeka m'matauni angathandize kukulitsa mabizinesi am'deralo ndikuwonjezera mwayi wamaphunziro, zosangalatsa ndi ntchito m'madera oyandikana nawo.
Cholinga cha pulogalamu ya Urban Waters Small Grants ndikupereka ndalama zothandizira kafukufuku, maphunziro, maphunziro, ndi ziwonetsero zomwe zipititse patsogolo kubwezeretsedwa kwa madzi a m'tauni popititsa patsogolo ubwino wa madzi kudzera muzochitika zomwe zimathandiziranso kutsitsimula kwa anthu komanso zinthu zina zofunika kwambiri m'deralo monga thanzi la anthu, mwayi wachuma ndi zachuma, moyo wawo wonse komanso chilungamo cha chilengedwe kwa anthu okhalamo. Zitsanzo zamapulojekiti oyenera kulandira ndalama ndi izi:
• Maphunziro ndi maphunziro opititsa patsogolo ubwino wa madzi kapena ntchito zogwirira ntchito zobiriwira
• Kuphunzitsa anthu za njira zochepetsera kuwonongeka kwa madzi
• Mapologalamu owunika momwe madzi akuyendera
• Kugwira nawo mbali zosiyanasiyana kuti akhazikitse ndondomeko za m'madera
• Ntchito zatsopano zomwe zimalimbikitsa ubwino wa madzi a m'deralo ndi zolinga zotsitsimutsa anthu
EPA ikuyembekeza kupereka ndalamazo mu Chilimwe cha 2012.
Chidziwitso kwa Olembera: Mogwirizana ndi EPA's Assistance Agreement Competition Policy (EPA Order 5700.5A1), ogwira ntchito ku EPA sangakumane ndi munthu aliyense wopempha kuti akambirane zomwe akufuna, kupereka ndemanga zopanda pake pazolinga zokonzekera, kapena kupereka upangiri kwa ofunsira momwe angayankhire pazosankha. Olemba ntchito ali ndi udindo pazolemba zawo. Komabe, mogwirizana ndi zomwe zili mu chilengezochi, EPA iyankha mafunso kuchokera kwa omwe adzalembetsedwe pawokha okhudzana ndi momwe angayenerere, nkhani zoyang'anira zokhudzana ndi kuperekedwa kwa pempholi, komanso zopempha kuti afotokozere za chilengezocho. Mafunso ayenera kutumizidwa molembedwa kudzera pa imelo ku urbanwaters@epa.gov ndipo akuyenera kulandiridwa ndi Agency Contact, Ji-Sun Yi, pofika Januware 16, 2012 ndipo mayankho olembedwa adzaikidwa pa webusayiti ya EPA pa http://www.epa.gov/
Madeti Oyenera Kukumbukira:
• Tsiku lomaliza la kutumiza malingaliro: January 23, 2012.
• Mawebusayiti awiri okhudza mwayi wopeza ndalama: Disembala 14, 2011 ndi Januware 5, 2012.
• Tsiku lomaliza la kutumiza mafunso: January 16, 2012
Zotsatira Zofanana:
• Kuti mudziwe zambiri za pulogalamu ya EPA ya Urban Waters, pitani ku http://www.epa.gov/urbanwaters.
• Pulogalamu ya EPA ya Urban Waters imathandizira zolinga ndi mfundo za Urban Waters Federal Partnership, mgwirizano wa mabungwe 11 a federal omwe akugwira ntchito yogwirizanitsa anthu akumidzi ndi njira zawo zamadzi. Kuti mumve zambiri za Urban Waters Federal Partnership, pitani ku http://urbanwaters.gov.