The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) is pleased to announce Planning and Design Fund Applications for 2026. Applications are accepted year round.

Owners of community waterworks and nonprofit non-community waterworks with projects serving populations of 10,000 or fewer are eligible to apply for planning and design funds.  Waterworks may submit up to three applications per funding cycle, however only two per waterworks owner may be selected for funding. The maximum award per application is $45,000 as a grant. Projects that address conditions at a waterworks that do not comply with the Waterworks Regulations or Operation Permit and result in acute health risks receive the highest priority for funding, followed by noncompliance and chronic health risks, and then noncompliance and broader public health concerns.  

Applications and information materials are available at https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/drinking-water/capacity-development/planning-and-design-fund/

Please direct questions, comments, and information to Jarrett Talley, TCDO Director, by calling (804) 317-0140 or writing to VDH – ODW, 109 Governor St., 6th Floor, Richmond, VA 23219.