Water grants — page 2
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Grants and contracts for water supply, treatment, reuse and resilience. The active funders are the World Bank and regional development banks, EU LIFE and Horizon, the US EPA, and water utilities procuring through the public-tender feeds. Listed below are the open water grant calls in that landscape, taken from each funder's own notice and re-checked on every refresh.
Water and ocean funding sits mostly with development finance and national infrastructure budgets rather than with innovation programmes. The recurring sources are the World Bank and the regional development banks, the Green Climate Fund, EU LIFE and Horizon, and national water and environment agencies. Awards tend to be tied to a specific catchment, coastline or utility, so geographic eligibility is usually the first thing to check rather than the last.
This page lists open water grants currently tracked by Raise Lens — 60 of them right now, sorted with the soonest deadline first. Every listing has been classified against the sustainability taxonomy rather than matched on keywords, so what appears here is water work rather than anything whose description happens to mention it.
9 distinct funders are publishing the water grants on this page. Who is funding matters as much as what: eligibility, reporting burden and the realistic timeline to a decision vary far more between funders than between individual calls, which is why the listing names the funder on every opportunity it opens.
Solid Waste Management Grant Program
USDA-RUS
The USDA Rural Utilities Service Solid Waste Management Grant Program funds free technical assistance and training for rural communities on waste reduction, recycling, landfill operator skills, landfill closure planning, and water-pollution risks from landfills. Eligible organizations deliver these services regionally to rural associations through grant funds.
Technical Assistance and Training Grant Program
USDA-RUS
The Technical Assistance and Training Grant Program funds private nonprofit organizations to deliver free technical assistance and training to rural communities operating water or wastewater systems. It helps them solve source, treatment, distribution and waste problems, prepare RUS loan or grant applications, and improve facility management and operations.
Startup India Seed Fund Scheme
Kerala Startup Mission
The Startup India Seed Fund Scheme provides early-stage grants (up to Rs. 20 lakhs) and debt/convertible funding (up to Rs. 50 lakhs) to help startups validate ideas, develop prototypes, and commercialize products. Eligible startups must be DPIIT-recognized, incorporated within two years, and focused on innovative solutions in priority sectors including waste management, water, agriculture, biotechnology, healthcare, energy, and mobility.
Reckitt Catalyst Accelerator Program 2026-2027
Reckitt Catalyst
This is an acceleration program supporting women and underrepresented founders developing innovative solutions in health, water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) across multiple emerging markets. Selected enterprises receive mentorship, training, and flexible financing up to USD 30,000 over a 6-month virtual program.
Environmental Protection
Fondation Alfred et Eugénie Baur
This grant supports environmental protection projects with a global reach, funding initiatives in Switzerland and internationally. Eligible projects advance environmental conservation and sustainability outcomes across multiple sectors.
WaterSMART: Desalination Construction Projects
DOI-BOR
This Bureau of Reclamation WaterSMART funding opportunity supports construction of desalination projects that augment water supplies in western U.S. states. It is aimed at public water agencies, tribes, and other eligible water entities seeking cost-share funding for brackish or seawater desalination infrastructure.
Funding rural development projects
Dinan Agglomération
LEADER is an EU rural development programme run locally by Dinan Agglomération that funds local public and private initiatives advancing ecological transition, such as sustainable food, renewable energy, water protection, circular economy and soft mobility, plus cross-territory cooperation. It targets local actors and projects carried out within the eligible communes of Dinan Agglomération between 2023 and 2027.
Raise Awareness, Educate and Inform the Public - Call for Projects "Water Classes"
Agence de l'eau Rhin-Meuse
A call for projects from the Agence de l'eau Rhin-Meuse to fund awareness-raising, education and information initiatives on water resources and aquatic environments aimed at field actors, users and young people. It supports local actors carrying actions in the general interest that promote practice change and public participation in water and biodiversity management.
Raise Awareness, Educate and Inform the Public - Targeted Call for Projects
Agence de l'eau Rhin-Meuse
A targeted call for projects from the Agence de l'eau Rhin-Meuse to fund public awareness, education and information actions on water resources and aquatic environments. It is aimed at field actors, local stakeholders, users and young people in the Rhin-Meuse basin who want to drive behaviour change and public participation.
Ancillary Works for Agricultural, Forestry and Environmental Land Development (AFAFE)
Conseil départemental de la Drôme
Subsidises ancillary works linked to agricultural, forestry and environmental land-consolidation operations in the Drôme, including road and drainage works, soil restoration, hedge and tree planting, and river-bank vegetation. It is aimed at land associations (Associations Foncières) and communes or groupements de communes.
Carry out actions, studies and works using the contracting authority's own resources - Works
Agence de l'eau Rhin-Meuse
This Agence de l'eau Rhin-Meuse rules sheet sets out how actions, studies and works carried out with a project owner's own in-house resources are funded and justified under the 12th Programme. It applies to French public project owners, and excludes project management or project-assistance costs met by in-house resources.
Non-productive investments on farms
Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland (RVO)
This RVO subsidy supports agricultural holdings in Overijssel and Utrecht making non-productive investments, such as landscape and water-retention measures, that contribute to Dutch water and climate goals. Application periods differ by province, and the amount is not specified.