WW technical asst. And training grants - x year

West Virginia University Research Corporation (WVURC) received a $429,381.70 Project Grant from the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) under the Water and Waste Technical Assistance and Training Grants program (CFDA 10.761), awarded September 29, 2025, with completion by September 29, 2027. The award supports the Appalachian Community Technical Assistance and Training Program (ACTAT), which delivers multi-state technical assistance and training services to rural water and wastewater systems in low-income areas. WVURC executes this mission through direct delivery of feasibility studies, preliminary design assistance, loan and grant application preparation support, and operator training to rural associations, while maximizing grant funds for staffing activities that directly serve beneficiary communities.

WVURC subawarded portions of this grant to three regional partners: The University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech), and the University of Tennessee System Office. The subawardees support program delivery through nine integrated tasks: utility operations module improvement, regional and utility-specific training delivery, educational content development, program evaluation, workforce development promotion, partnership development, dissemination of lessons learned to national audiences, and project logistics and monitoring. This multi-institutional approach leverages Appalachian land-grant university capacity to provide sustained technical assistance infrastructure across water and wastewater operators in the region.