The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection is now seeking grant proposals from public water systems and municipalities for (among other things) education programs that help address drinking water losses through local water conservation and education programs. Individual grants can range up to $60,000 with a 25% match.

I’m making two assumptions here: if they want behavior change out of this “education,” then they are amenable to action-oriented social-marketing style campaigns. Also, I’m betting that only public water systems and municipalities in Massachusetts can apply for these grants.

The RFR for the 2009 Water Conservation Grant Program has been posted on the state’s Comm-PASS website (http://www.comm-pass.com/). Click on “Search for Solicitiations”, then enter BRP 2008-03 into the “Keywords” box to find it.

If you have questions, contact Malcolm Harper at Mass DEP at (508) 767-2795 or malcolm dot harper at state.ma.us.

Good luck, applicants.