Clean Water Neighbor Program

The Clean Water Neighbor (CWN) Program is a project of the KDHE Division of Environment, with funding by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The program is intended to promote a state and local partnership, encouraging citizens to take steps to plan management practices and protect important water resources.

The Clean Water Neighbor program provides funding opportunities for nonpoint source pollution* prevention planning and implementation projects. Potential projects can include source water protection, nonpoint source pollution management, green-infrastructure, local environmental protection and other projects to achieve a reduction in nonpoint source pollution. The program promotes partnerships in urban and rural communities to achieve water quality improvements.

*Nonpoint Source Pollution (NPS) refers to runoff pollution from places such as fields, lawns, parking lots or anything other than discharge from the end of a pipe.