Stormwater Local Assistance Fund

The Stormwater Local Assistance Fund is administered by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality through its Clean Water Financing and Assistance program. The fund provides matching grants to local governments for stormwater activities that address cost efficiency and commitments related to reducing water quality pollutant loads. The Fiscal Year 2027 solicitation opens on August 3, 2026, and applications are accepted through October 1, 2026. The program is state-funded, and applications are solicited in years when a state appropriation is available. Funding may support the planning, design, and implementation of stormwater best management practices. Eligible capital project types identified by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality include new stormwater best management practices, retrofits of stormwater best management practices, stream restoration, low impact development projects, buffer restoration, pond retrofits, and wetlands restoration. The program may also fund the purchase of permanent, certified non-point source nutrient credits. The source identifies the grants as matching grants but does not state the required matching percentage, ratio, or dollar amount in the supplied material. Eligibility is identified as local governments. Because the program is administered by a Virginia state agency and is directed to local governments through the Virginia Stormwater Local Assistance Fund, the geographic scope is Virginia. The supplied source does not identify a narrower county, city, ZIP code, or other sub-state service-area limitation. The source also does not provide an award floor, award ceiling, total amount available for the Fiscal Year 2027 solicitation, expected number of awards, or performance period. All Fiscal Year 2027 Stormwater Local Assistance Fund applications must be submitted through the MyDEQ Portal. After logging into the portal, applicants must click the Submit button and select the FY 2027 Stormwater Local Assistance Fund application. The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality directs applicants to its Application Resources for additional information about the solicitation process and program requirements. Resources identified for the current solicitation include the FY 27 Solicitation Memo, FY 27 Application Instructions, Project Calculations Worksheet, Project Information Worksheet for Capital Projects, Project Information Worksheet for Nutrient Credit Purchases, and the SLAF COV W-9. The supplied page does not identify a required letter of intent, concept paper, pre-proposal, notice of intent, or other pre-application gating deadline. The source states that the Fiscal Year 2027 solicitation begins Monday, August 3, 2026, and applications will be accepted until Thursday, October 1, 2026. As of August 11, 2026, the solicitation is therefore accepting applications. The source does not state an award announcement date or other notification date. It also does not establish a fixed annual or other recurring application cycle; instead, it specifically states that applications will be solicited in years when a state appropriation is available. Consequently, no recurring next-cycle date can be established from the supplied information. Questions about the solicitation period may be directed to the Clean Water Financing and Assistance program at cwfap@deq.virginia.gov. The page also identifies Meghan Mayfield, Director of Clean Water Finance and Training Programs, at 804-914-3729; Karen Doran, CWFAP Program Manager, at 804-836-5912; Lauren Linville, CWFAP Compliance Supervisor, at 804-653-2486; David Taylor, State Compliance Specialist, at 757-705-8293; and Caitlin Worsham, SLAF Project Officer, at 804-659-1604. For application preparation, applicants should follow the current solicitation and application instructions, select the project information worksheet applicable to either a capital project or nutrient credit purchase, and ensure submission through the MyDEQ Portal by the October 1, 2026 deadline.

Use the current application resources and the project information worksheet appropriate to the project type. Align the proposed project with cost efficiency and commitments related to reducing water quality pollutant loads. Submit the application through the MyDEQ Portal by October 1 2026.