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Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants

Type
Funding
Grant Deadline
Organization
USDA
Description

Applications accepted continuously. This program provides grants to assist rural communities that have had a significant decline in quantity or quality of drinking water. Grant may fund waterline extensions from existing systems, construction of new water lines; repairs to existing systems, construction of new wells, reservoirs, transmission lines, treatment plants, and other water sources. Priority is given to areas with less than 10,000 people, low-income areas, and communities facing imminent decline and shortage of water.

Category Taxonomy
Funding Amount
Individual awards range from 150,000 to $500,000 depending on the severity of decline in quantity or quality of water.
Matching Funds
Negotiated.
Eligibility
Grants may be made to public bodies, non-profit corporations and Indian tribes serving rural areas with a population less than 10,000 and a median household income less than the State's non-metropolitan median household income most recent decennial census of the U.S.; or to finance facilities which are not modest in size, design, and cost.
Contact Information
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