Recipient of federal assistance · LINCOLN, NE

NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF WATER, ENERGY, AND ENVIRONMENT

NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF WATER, ENERGY, AND ENVIRONMENT received $132.5M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 62 actions, −76% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $1B. Its largest awarding agency was Environmental Protection Agency ($134.1M).

Assistance · FY2026
$132.5M
New awards
17
Actions
62
Since FY2021
$1B
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Location
LINCOLN, NE
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Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 34.2MFY2021
  2. 89.4MFY2022
  3. 56.4MFY2023
  4. 175MFY2024
  5. 551.5MFY2025
  6. 132.5MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$132.5M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 66.468 · Drinking Water State Revolving Fund$93.8M71%
  2. 66.458 · Clean Water State Revolving Fund$18.4M14%
  3. 66.442 · Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Small and Underserved Communities Emerging Contaminants Grant Program$9.8M7.4%
  4. 66.605 · Performance Partnership Grants$6.1M4.6%
  5. 66.460 · Nonpoint Source Implementation Grants$2.4M1.8%
  6. 66.447 · Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Reuse Municipal Grant Program$1.1M0.8%
  7. 66.805 · Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Corrective Action Program$675.4K0.5%
  8. 81.041 · State Energy Program$665.8K0.5%

Awarding agencies

  1. Environmental Protection Agency$134.1M100%
  2. Federal Emergency Management Agency$291.7K0.2%
    Department of Homeland Security
  3. Department of the Army$155.4K0.1%
    Department of Defense

Largest awards

  1. DESCRIPTION:THIS AGREEMENT PROVIDES FUNDING UNDER THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT (IIJA) TO THE STATE OF NEBRASKA TO IMPLEMENT…$47.3M
    66.442 · Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Small and Underserved Communities Emerging Contaminants Grant Program· Environmental Protection Agency· Grant· Sep 11, 2024 – Jul 2, 2026· 96715801
  2. DESCRIPTION:THIS AGREEMENT PROVIDES A CAPITALIZATION GRANT, FUNDED BY THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT (IIJA) (PL 117-58), FOR…$36.1M
    66.468 · Drinking Water State Revolving Fund· Environmental Protection Agency· Formula grant· May 1, 2026 – May 1, 2026· 97793504
  3. DESCRIPTION:THIS AGREEMENT PROVIDES A CAPITALIZATION GRANT, FUNDED BY THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT (IIJA) (PL 117-58), FOR…$34.5M
    66.468 · Drinking Water State Revolving Fund· Environmental Protection Agency· Grant· May 14, 2025 – Aug 12, 2026· 97793503
  4. DESCRIPTION:THIS AGREEMENT PROVIDES FUNDING TO NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY. SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT (SDWA): SECTION 1452…$34.1M
    66.468 · Drinking Water State Revolving Fund· Environmental Protection Agency· Grant· Jul 10, 2024 – Jul 7, 2026· 97793502
  5. DESCRIPTION:SECTION 1452 OF THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT (SDWA) AUTHORIZES THE STATE TO UTILIZE FUNDS TO FURTHER THE HEALTH PROTECTION…$31.5M
    66.468 · Drinking Water State Revolving Fund· Environmental Protection Agency· Grant· Sep 21, 2022 – Jun 9, 2026· 97793501
  6. DESCRIPTION:THIS AGREEMENT PROVIDES A CAPITALIZATION GRANT, FUNDED BY THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT (IIJA) (PL 117-58), FOR…$24.9M
    66.468 · Drinking Water State Revolving Fund· Environmental Protection Agency· Formula grant· Aug 6, 2025 – Mar 16, 2026· 96702903

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $60.6M (45 subawards)

41 sub-recipients

  1. VILLAGE OF GILTNER$17M28%
    GILTNER, NE · 1 subaward
  2. OTOE COUNTY RURAL WATER 3$12.9M21%
    SYRACUSE, NE · 2 subawards
  3. VILLAGE OF HAMPTON$6.4M11%
    HAMPTON, NE · 1 subaward
  4. CITY OF WEEPING WATER$5.8M9.6%
    WEEPING WATER, NE · 1 subaward
  5. CITY OF FREMONT$3.6M5.9%
    FREMONT, NE · 2 subawards
  6. CITY OF FULLERTON$2.6M4.3%
    FULLERTON, NE · 1 subaward
  7. CITY OF VALENTINE$2M3.2%
    VALENTINE, NE · 1 subaward
  8. NEBRASKA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$1.6M2.6%
    LINCOLN, NE · 1 subaward
  9. PRAGUE VILLAGE OF$1.3M2.1%
    PRAGUE, NE · 1 subaward
  10. CITY OF LEXINGTON$1M1.6%
    LEXINGTON, NE · 2 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $3.5M (1 subaward)

1 prime

  1. NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES$3.5M100%
    LINCOLN, NE · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $37.5M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2022: $111.3M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2023: $71.9M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2024: $150M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2025: $64.2M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2026: $60.6M paid out · $3.5M received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.