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

The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded the City of Monroe, Utah $1 million on April 16, 2026, under the Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants program (CFDA 10.763, assistance type: Project Grant). The award funds water infrastructure or water-quality assistance in Monroe, Utah, a rural area with population under 10,000. Performance extends through April 16, 2028. The program's objective is to assist rural residents who have experienced a significant decline in quantity or quality of water, or face an imminent such decline, to obtain or maintain adequate water supplies. Eligible applicants compete on a national basis and include public bodies, governmental entities, nonprofit organizations, and federally recognized Indian tribes serving rural areas excluding cities or towns with population exceeding 10,000. Applications are reviewed and scored for funding priority by the Rural Development State office using a point system; preference is given to projects serving areas with median household income not exceeding 100 percent of statewide nonmetropolitan household income and to projects assisting established water systems or remedying acute water-quality shortages.