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Water Management grant round 2: guidance for applicants (closed)

A closed grant to fund items to improve using water for irrigation, and to secure water supplies for crop irrigation.

Updates to this page

From:
Rural Payments Agency
Published:
4 April 2023
Last updated:
12 November 2025
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  1. Removed Exeter address.

  2. Updated the page and html attachments to show that applications are closed.

  3. Updated HTML attachment to show invited applicants have until 11:59pm on 31 October 2024 to submit their full application.

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

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

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

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

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

  9. First published.

Applies to England

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About the Water Management grant round 2, who can apply and what the grant can pay for (closed)

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How to submit a Water Management grant round 2 full application (closed)

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How to apply for the Water Management grant round 2 (closed)

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Details

Round 2 of the Water Management grant is closed for applications. 

Find out about other grants and funds. 

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.

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