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

The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded $1 million to Ozark Mountain Regional Public Water Authority on January 23, 2026, under the Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants program (CFDA 10.763), a Project Grant with a completion date of January 23, 2028.

The award funds emergency water assistance for rural residents in Diamond City, Arkansas who have experienced significant decline in quantity or quality of water. The authority provides public water services in the Ozark Mountain region and uses ECWAG funding to ensure rural communities maintain access to adequate quantities of water meeting health and sanitation requirements, particularly during emergency water shortages or contamination events.

Performance takes place in Diamond City, AR 72630. The ECWAG program prioritizes projects serving rural areas with populations of 10,000 or less, median household income not exceeding 100 percent of statewide nonmetropolitan household income, and projects that assist established water systems or remedy acute quality shortages. Eligible applicants include public bodies, governmental entities, nonprofit organizations, and federally recognized Indian tribes.