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

The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded $872,000 to the Village of Stronghurst on March 10, 2026, under the Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants program (CFDA 10.763). The award funds water system assistance in Stronghurst, Illinois, serving a rural area with population of 10,000 or less that has experienced a significant decline in quantity or quality of water. The recipient must complete performance by March 10, 2028. The ECWAG program objective is to assist rural residents in obtaining or maintaining adequate quantities of water where significant decline in supply or quality has occurred or is imminent. Eligible applicants include public bodies, governmental entities, nonprofit organizations, and federally recognized Indian tribes serving rural populations. Projects compete on a national basis and are scored for funding priority by the Rural Development State office, with preference given to proposals serving established water systems or addressing acute shortages of quality water in areas with median household income not exceeding 100 percent of statewide nonmetropolitan income.