Rural Decentralized Water System Grant Program
Funding Type
Grant
Grantor Agency
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Grant Range
# of Awards Available
Programmatic Area
Capacity Building
Programmatic Area
Energy & Environment
Deadline
March 3, 2025
Match Required?
Eligible Entities
Nonprofits that have: Expertise and experience promoting the safe, productive use of individually-owned household water wells systems; Legal authority to act as a lender; Sufficient expertise and experience in lending activities; and Financial, technical and managerial capacity to comply with relevant federal and state laws and regulations. Eligible areas include: Rural areas and towns with populations of 50,000 or less, Tribal lands in rural areas, and Colonias.
Focus Area
The DWS Grant Program has been established to help individuals with low to moderate incomes finance certain costs of household water wells and individually owned decentralized wastewater systems that they own or will own. Grants are made to eligible nonprofit organizations to establish and maintain a revolving fund to provide loans and sub-grants to eligible individuals for individually owned water well systems and/or individually owned wastewater systems. Loan and/or sub-grant funds may be used by the individual to construct, refurbish, rehabilitate, or replace decentralized water well or wastewater systems. For water well systems, funds may be used up to the point of entry to a home, which is the junction where water enters into a home water delivery system after being pumped from a well. For wastewater systems, in lieu of the point of entry, the point of exit is substituted. The point of exit is the junction where wastewater exits out of the home wastewater collection system into the septic tank and drain field. DWS grant funds may be used by the nonprofit recipient to pay administrative expenses associated with providing DWS loans and/or sub-grants.
Contact
Water-RD@usda.gov
Link to Opportunity
https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/357913
Application Platform
grants.gov
Assistance Listing
10.862 -- Rural Decentralized Water Systems Grant Program
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