The City of Detroit was awarded a $150,000 Emergency Community Water Assistance Grant (ECWAG) by the US Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service. The two-year project grant runs from September 2022 through September 2024. The ECWAG program aims to help rural communities that have experienced a significant decline in the quantity or quality of available drinking water due to emergency events like drought, earthquakes, or hurricanes. Funds will support Detroit's efforts to obtain adequate...
The City of Detroit was awarded a $5 million project grant from the Environmental Protection Agency under the Reducing Lead in Drinking Water program (CFDA #66.443) to replace approximately 400 lead service lines and conduct related public education activities from April 1, 2023 through March 31, 2026. The grant funds will support the Detroit Water and Sewer Department's replacement of lead pipes in disadvantaged communities, including providing certified filters and flushing instructions during...
The City of Ironwood, Michigan was awarded a $1,000,000 Emergency Community Water Assistance Grant (ECWAG) by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service on February 23, 2021. The project grant funding will support the delivery of water assistance services to rural residents in Ironwood through February 2023 under the Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants program (CFDA #10.763). This federal program provides funding to rural communities experiencing a significant decline...
The City of Havre received a $425,000 Emergency Community Water Assistance Grant (CFDA 10.763) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service. The grant funding will support infrastructure repairs, system upgrades, temporary water distribution services, and other emergency water-related interventions to ensure Havre's residents have access to adequate quantities of potable water that meet federal standards. This 2-year grant, awarded on April 30, 2025, aims to help the city...
This $1,000,000 Emergency Community Water Assistance Grant (CFDA 10.763) award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service will provide critical funding to the City of Shenandoah, IA to address a significant decline in the quality or quantity of the community's water supply due to an emergency event. The grant will support infrastructure repairs, system upgrades, temporary water distribution services, and other emergency water-related interventions to ensure residents...
This $102,000 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service under the Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants (ECWAG) program (CFDA 10.763) on August 24, 2023. The funding is intended to help the Fort Massac Water District in Metropolis, Illinois obtain adequate quantities of potable water that meet federal standards, after experiencing a significant decline in water supply or quality due to an emergency event such as a drought, earthquake,...
This $37,637,000 Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) and Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) Formula Grant, awarded on December 4, 2024, will support long-term recovery and mitigation efforts in Detroit, Michigan following severe storms and flooding in 2021. The grant funds will be used for disaster-related recovery activities including housing, infrastructure, economic revitalization, and mitigation. The City of Detroit is the...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Service awarded a $1,000,000 Emergency Community Water Assistance Grant (CFDA 10.763) to Regional Water, a non-profit organization, on August 3, 2023. The funding will support Regional Water's provision of potable water, water delivery services, and waste disposal infrastructure to rural residents and businesses in Iowa facing issues with water quality, quantity, or accessibility. This 2-year grant award, with a completion date of...
This $1,000,000 Emergency Community Water Assistance Grant (CFDA 10.763) was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service to the Aurora-Brule Rural Water System Inc., a not-for-profit organization in Kimball, South Dakota. The grant funding will support infrastructure repairs, system upgrades, and other emergency water-related interventions to ensure rural residents in the Kimball area have access to adequate quantities of potable water that meet federal standards....
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Service awarded a $928,000 Emergency Community Water Assistance Grant (CFDA 10.763) to the Town of Bearcreek, MT on June 12, 2024. The two-year grant will support projects focused on obtaining, treating, distributing, and storing potable water that meets federal standards for the rural community. Eligible activities include infrastructure repairs, system upgrades, temporary water distribution services, and other emergency water-related...