Reclamation Rural Water Supply

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation operates the Reclamation Rural Water Supply program (CFDA 15.548) to fund water and related resource feasibility studies that formulate, evaluate, and select project plans for implementation; the most recent grant award was disbursed in September 2012.

This program has not been actively funding new awards for fourteen years. The portfolio comprises five total awards spanning 2011–2012, with four awards in 2011 and one in 2012. No grant opportunities are currently posted.

The program funded rural water supply appraisal investigations and feasibility studies. Recent awards include the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Appraisal Study (Cooperative Agreement, $37,439), the South Sioux City Nebraska Rural Water Supply Appraisal Investigation (Cooperative Agreement, $494), a Groundwater Inventory Project (Project Grant, $25,000), and the McKinley County Appraisal Investigation (Project Grant, $0). These projects typically ran two to four years from award date to ultimate completion.

The assistance-type mix is split between Project Grants (60 percent of awards) and Cooperative Agreements (40 percent). All five awards were funded by the Bureau of Reclamation, the sole funding agency under this listing.

Combined federal dollars obligated across the five awards total negative $62,943, reflecting data anomalies in the portfolio block. Award values in the recent awards block show individual obligated amounts ranging from $0 to $37,439, with most awards in the five-figure range or below.

Applicants evaluating this program should treat it as dormant. The absence of awards for over a decade, combined with no current solicitation, indicates this funding line is not presently accepting applications. Verification with the Bureau of Reclamation would be necessary to determine whether the program remains available or has been discontinued.