Rural Decentralized Water System Grant Program
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- RDRUS-24-DWS
- Agency
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Rural Utilities Services
Washington Office, Department of Agriculture
- Applications due
- Award size
- Not on record
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Categories
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- Agriculture
- Community Development
- Environment
- Health
- Eligible applicants
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- Other
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Rural Decentralized Water System (DWS) Grant Program, administered by the USDA Rural Utilities Service, provides grants to private non-profit organizations to establish revolving loan funds that offer loans and sub-grants to low-to-moderate income individuals in rural areas. The grant funds must be used to finance the construction, refurbishment, and servicing of individually-owned household water wells and wastewater systems up to the point of entry or exit of the home. Applicants will be evaluated based on factors such as their expertise, proposed use of matching funds, work plan, and administrative cost estimates. The application period is open from April 24 to June 28, 2024.
Approximately $5 million in grant funding is available, with an additional $1 million specifically for wastewater sub-grants. There are no minimum or maximum award amounts specified. The grants are intended to support projects in rural areas across the United States, with the goal of improving access to decentralized water and wastewater systems for low-to-moderate income households.
Synopsis
The DWS Grant Program has been established to help individuals with low to moderate incomes finance the costs of household water wells and individually owned decentralized wastewater systems that they own or will own. Grant funds must be used to establish and maintain a revolving fund to provide loans and sub-grants to eligible individuals for individually owned water well systems and/or individually owned wastewater systems. Individual households may use the loan and/or sub-grant funds to construct, refurbish, rehabilitate, or replace decentralized water systems up to the point of entry to a home. Point of entry for the well system is the junction where water enters into a home water delivery system after being pumped from a well. For septic systems, in lieu of the point of entry, the point of exit is substituted. The point of exit is the junction where wastewater exits out of the home wastewater collection system into the septic tank and drain field. Grant funds may be used to pay administrative expenses associated with providing DWS loans and/or sub-grants.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
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| RD-RUS-WEP-FY24DWS_ApplicationGuide.pdf | ||
| DWS- FY24- NOFO Final.pdf |
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