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Water Management grant round 2: guidance for invited applicants

Invited applicants can apply for a grant to fund items to improve using water for irrigation, and to secure water supplies for crop irrigation.

Applies to England

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Only invited applicants can apply for round 2 of the Water Management grant. 

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Round 2 of the Water Management grant is for: 

  • capital items to improve farm productivity through more efficient use of water for irrigation 

  • securing water supplies for crop irrigation by constructing on farm reservoirs which will store abstracted water or harvested rainwater 

  • the use of best practice irrigation equipment 

Grant value: between £35,000 and £500,000.

Who can apply

You can apply for a grant if you’re an arable or horticultural business in England, growing or intending to grow:

  • irrigated food crops
  • ornamentals or forestry nurseries

When you can apply 

You have until 11:59pm on 31 October 2024 to submit your full application.

How to apply

  1. Read how to apply for the Water Management grant round 2.  

  2. Read how to submit a Water Management grant round 2 full application

  3. Complete your application and email it with any supporting documents to ftf@rpa.gov.uk

If your application is successful, the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) will send you a grant funding agreement (GFA). 

Updates to this page

Published 4 April 2023
Last updated 30 August 2024 + show all updates
  1. Updated HTML attachment to show invited applicants have until 11:59pm on 31 October 2024 to submit their full application.

  2. Amended open and close dates to past tense as dates have passed.

  3. Page title has changed from Water Management Grant Round 2 to Water Management grant round 2: guidance for applicants.

  4. Added guidance for invited applicants to submit a full application.

  5. Information has been updated to advise that the Water Management Grant Round 2 online checker has closed.

  6. Edited to include the Water Management grant Round 2 start page with a link to the online checker

  7. First published.

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