Grant opportunity · Maryland Department of the Environment

Biological Nutrient Removal Cost-Share Program

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About this opportunity

The Biological Nutrient Removal (BNR) Program provides capital grant funds and low-interest loans to publicly owned wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) to retrofit or upgrade facilities with biological nitrification/denitrification technology. The goal is to achieve an annual average effluent concentration of 8 mg/l total nitrogen. Capital grants are provided on a 50/50 cost-share basis for eligible BNR upgrade costs; small low-income communities may receive up to 75% grant funding. Eligible costs include engineering and pilot studies, design, and construction. Upgrades are generally undertaken alongside Enhanced Nutrient Removal upgrades using Bay Restoration Fund grant funding. MDE also provides low-interest loans to local governments to finance the local share of BNR facility costs a…

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