Emergency community water asst. Grant - appropriated(ecwag-a) - 500,000 limit

The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded $900,000 to the Village of Whitehall under the Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants program (CFDA 10.763) on September 23, 2025.

The award funds assistance for residents of rural areas experiencing significant decline in quantity or quality of water. The program prioritizes projects serving rural areas with populations of 10,000 or less and median household income not exceeding 100 percent of the statewide nonmetropolitan household income, particularly those addressing significant declines in water quantity from private individual wells or acute shortages of quality water.

The Village of Whitehall is the recipient and place of performance. The period of performance runs from the award date through September 23, 2027. This is a Project Grant assistance type. The program is administered at the local level by the Rural Development State Director, who rates applications on a point system and selects projects for funding on a national competitive basis. Recipients must maintain records and accounts to ensure funds are used for authorized purposes in accordance with 2 CFR 200.334.