Guidance

Water Restoration Fund: guidance for applicants

Grants to restore and improve rivers, streams, canals, lakes, ponds, wetlands or estuarine waters.

• From: Rural Payments Agency
• Published: 9 April 2024
• Last updated: 8 June 2024
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  1. 8 June 2024

     Applications closed at 11:59 pm Friday 7 June 2024

  2. 9 April 2024

     First published.

Applies to England

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About the Water Restoration Fund

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Apply for the Water Restoration Fund

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Water Restoration Fund: how RPA will assess your application

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Details

Applications for all grants closed on Friday 7 June 2024.

The Water Restoration Fund (WRF) has 2 types of grants, development and delivery awards, to fund projects that restore and improve water and wetland environments such as:

• rivers and their headwaters
• canals
• lakes
• ponds
• wetlands - both freshwater and saltwater
• estuarine waters