Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants

Submitted by casit-admin on Thu, 10/22/2015 - 08:56
Type: 
Funding
Grant Deadline: 
12/31/2023
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: 
Water, Natural Resources, Health, Emergency
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.

Geography:

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.
Website: 
https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/water-environmental-programs/emergency…
Contact Information: 
Use the dropdown menu on the website to find local contact in your region.