The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $400,000 Project Grant to the National Rural Water Association on September 28, 2022 to establish a revolving loan fund under the Grant Program to Establish a Fund for Financing Water and Wastewater Projects (CFDA #10.864). This federal grant program provides funding to private, nonprofit organizations to make small, short term loans for pre-development or small capital water or waste disposal projects. Under this award, the...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 awarded the Texas Water Development Board a $65.8 million Formula Grant under the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund program (CFDA 66.468) for the period of September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2026. The grant capitalizes the state's Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to provide low-interest financing to public water systems for eligible drinking water infrastructure improvement projects that protect public health. This includes improving drinking...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 awarded the Texas Water Development Board a $155,092,300 Formula Grant under the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund program (CFDA 66.468). The grant capitalizes the state's Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to provide low-interest financing to public water systems for eligible drinking water infrastructure projects that protect public health. Specifically, grant funds will be used to provide loans and other assistance for drinking water treatment...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $198,303 Project Grant to Golden Triangle Resource Conservation & Development Area, Inc. (Golden Triangle RC&D), a non-profit organization, under the Rural Decentralized Water Systems Grant Program (CFDA 10.862). The grant funds will be used by Golden Triangle RC&D to establish and maintain a revolving loan fund to provide loans and sub-grants to low- and moderate-income individuals in rural areas for the...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded a $788,000 Project Grant to the West Dallas Water Authority located in Selma, AL. The grant funding will support water infrastructure projects under the Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities program, which provides loans and grants to financially needy communities for water and waste services. Specifically, the grant will fund persistent poverty combination loan and grant projects for water and water-only systems. The...
The Western Municipal Water District of Riverside County (WMWD) was awarded a $299,700 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation under the Applied Science Grants program (CFDA 15.557). The grant will fund the implementation of a data warehouse and data management software platform to establish a common data repository for better coordination of water management goals across WMWD's service area. The project will focus on collecting and integrating potable...
This $5,593,200 Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) Formula Grant, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (CFDA 66.468), provides capitalization funding to the New Mexico Finance Authority (NMFA) to offer low-interest financing to eligible public water systems for planning, designing, and constructing drinking water infrastructure improvement projects. The grant supports activities such as water treatment plant upgrades, water line replacements, storage tank improvements,...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 awarded a $174.6 million Formula Grant to the State of California Water Resources Control Board under the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund program (CFDA #66.468) effective July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2026. The grant will capitalize California's Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to provide low-interest financing for drinking water infrastructure projects that protect public health. This includes loans and assistance to public water systems for...
The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service (RUS) awarded a $3.5 million Project Grant to the Anson & Madison Water District (AMWD) on March 25, 2022 under the Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities program (CFDA 10.760). The grant funding will support AMWD's provision of water and waste services to financially needy rural communities in Maine through March 2025. The RUS grant program aims to ensure rural residents and businesses have access to reliable and...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Utilities Service awarded a $239,233 Project Grant to Golden Triangle Resource Conservation & Development Area, Inc. (Golden Triangle RC&D), a non-profit organization in Dawson, Georgia, under the Rural Decentralized Water Systems Grant Program (CFDA 10.862). The grant funding will support the establishment of a revolving loan fund to finance the construction, refurbishment, and servicing of individually-owned household water well and...