Drinking Water Projects to Support Increased Population

This program funds projects that address present, or prevent future violations of health-based drinking water standards.

On April 4, 2022, the federal government transferred from using a DUNS Number to a Unique Entity Identifier that grantees must create in SAM.gov. In order to comply with this requirement, all grantees with the designation of subrecipient will require an active UEI (12-character, alpha-numeric code assigned by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)) to request a payment for reimbursement while all grantees with a designation of beneficiary will be required to have an EIN/TIN (employee identity number/tax identification number) to submit a payment request.

The links below will walk you through the process of award acceptance and the necessary onboarding steps. All applicants must complete the following list of items prior to submitting requests for reimbursement. Each program has a Program Specialist assigned to assist awardees with any questions or concerns throughout the process. You can find your Program Specialist by clicking on the OPB Grant Program Contacts link on the right side of this page.

Important Note: Your award will show in the GeorgiaGrants portal as awarded under My Grants once the terms and conditions is signed, the vendor form is processed (see step 3 below), and the final budget is approved.

All important documents related to this program are linked on the right side of this page - Important Documents. Below the Important Documents link you will find the Webinars and Tutorials page.

Step 1: Terms and Conditions

• An agreement outlining the terms of your award called the Terms and Conditions is forthcoming. This document will need to be signed by an Authorized Official to accept the conditions of your award.
• This agreement will be sent to the POC list on your application in the weeks following award announcements.
• The terms and conditions email will come from [email protected].
•  Please note that this email tends to get caught in spam filters so please search your inbox for the echo sign email address and reach out to us at [email protected] if you have any questions on receiving the terms and conditions agreement.

Step 2: Georgia Grants Access

• Awardees will need to obtain access to the GeorgiaGrants portal upon signing the Terms and Conditions.
• A detailed step-by-step guide of how to obtain GeorgiaGrants access can be found in the important documents tab.

Step 3: Vendor Management

Step 4: Final Budget

Prior to submitting reimbursement requests, awardees must submit a final budget to their Grant Specialist.

• Grantees will be assigned a programmatic grant specialist to review the budget and provide final approval
• Grantees will receive final approval in a communication from their Grant Specialist
• A Budget Worksheet is  available here for download and completion.   (XLS, 34.75 KB)  (XLS, 34.75 KB)

Program Justification (Broadband only): Treasury’s Final Rule specifies “to the extent recipients are considering deploying broadband to locations where there are existing enforceable federal or state funding commitments for reliable service at speeds of at least 100 Mbps download speed and 20 Mbps upload speed, recipients must ensure that SLFRF funds are designed to address an identified need for additional broadband investment that is not met by existing federal or state funding commitments.”

Applicants requiring a justification will be contacted with further instructions on how to complete this requirement prior to submitting the final budget to OPB.