Safe Water FY 2020 Funding

Strengthening Environmental Health Capacity - CDC-RFA-EH20-2005

Funding: FYs 2020-2025

State, tribal, local, and territorial program recipient projects focus on

  • Improving access to safe drinking water including development, implementation, and evaluation of interventions to address risks to human health in
    • Private wells.
    • Small community water systems.
  • Developing comprehensive and effective programs to prevent hazards and harmful exposures in
    • Treated recreational water facilities (swimming pools, spas, water parks, spray fountains).
    • Untreated waters designated for recreational use and managed by EH service programs (marine, estuarine, Great Lakes, inland waters).

Fifteen recipients have projects related to private wells and systems

11 state health departments

  • Arizona
  • Florida
  • Louisiana
  • Maine
  • Minnesota
  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • North Carolina
  • Ohio
  • Pennsylvania
  • Vermont

2 local or regional health departments

  • Gaston County, North Carolina
  • Southern Nevada Health District

1 tribal health organization

  • Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board

1 nonprofit organization

  • Public Health Institute

Five recipients have projects related to small community water systems

4 state health departments

  • New Mexico
  • Rhode Island
  • Virginia
  • Wisconsin

1 nonprofit organization

  • Public Health Institute

Four recipients have projects related to treated recreational water

1 state health department

  • Ohio

1 territorial health department

  • Guam

2 local or regional health departments

  • Long Beach, California
  • Pueblo County, Colorado

Five recipients have projects related to untreated recreational water

4 state health departments

  • Massachusetts
  • New York
  • Pennsylvania
  • Rhode Island

1 nonprofit organization

  • Public Health Institute