East Hampton Town has put out a call for water quality improvement grant applications.
The town has issued a second request for applications for 2023, with around $2 million available for water quality improvement projects. Applications will be accepted from today through Aug. 1 at 4 p.m. Once that window closes, the town’s water quality technical advisory committee will consider the merits of each application and issue recommendations to the town board, which votes on approval of the expenditures.
More information is at ehamptonny.gov/689/Water-Quality-RFA-Grants and can also be received by calling 631-324-0496 or emailing [email protected]. Applications can be delivered via that email address.
The town can direct up to 20 percent of community preservation fund money toward water quality projects such as wastewater treatment improvement, abatement of pollutants, and aquatic habitat restoration.
Last month, the committee recommended seven projects for grant awards totaling $1,755,692. The recommendations were for projects proposed by Sag Harbor Village, Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church in East Hampton, Stony Brook University’s Center for Clean Water Technology, the East Hampton Historical Society, the Montauk Playhouse Community Center, and Cornell Cooperative Extension, the latter for two separate projects.
The town board is to hold a public hearing on those recommendations at its meeting today at 2 p.m.
