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Household Water Well Program

Agency: Rural Utilities Service

Assistance Listings
  • 10.862 -- Household Water Well System Grant Program

Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026

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The HWWS Grant Program has been established to help individuals with low to moderate incomes finance the costs of household water wells that they own or will own.  Eligible Grant Purposes a. Grant funds must be used to establish and maintain a revolving loan fund to provide loans to eligible individuals for household water well systems. b. Individuals may use the loans to construct, refurbish, rehabilitate, or replace household water well systems up to the point of entry of a home.  Point of entry for the well system is the junction where the water enters into a home water delivery system after being pumped from a well. c. Grant funds may be used to pay administrative expenses associated with providing Household Water Well loans.


Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Miscellaneous

  • Other

Additional information

1. An organization is eligible to receive a HWWS grant if it: a. Has an active registration with current information in the System for Award Management (SAM) and has a Dun and Bradstreet (D&B) Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS)number. b. Is a private, non-profit organization. c. Is legally established and located within one of the following:(1) A state within the United States(2) The District of Columbia(3) The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico(4) A United States territory. d. Has the legal capacity and authority to carry out the grant purpose. e. Has sufficient expertise and experience in lending activities.f. Has sufficient expertise and experience in promoting the safe and productive use of individually-owned HWWS and ground water. g. Has no delinquent debt to the federal government or no outstanding judgments to repay a Federal debt. h. Demonstrates that it possesses the financial, technical, and managerial capability to comply with Federal and State laws and requirements, and i. Is not a corporation that has been convicted of a felony (or had an officer or agent acting on behalf of the corporation convicted of a felony)within the past 24 months. Any Corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability is not eligible.2. An individual is ineligible to receive a Household Water Well grant. An individual may receive a loan from an organization receiving a grant award.

Grantor contact information

Description

Derek Jones Community Programs Specialist Phone 202-720-9640

Email

email address

derek.jones@wdc.usda.gov

Documents

File nameDescriptionLast updated
HWWS_FOA_final.pdf
HWWS FY19 FOA
Mar 26, 2019 02:47 PM UTC
HWWS_Guide_FY_2019_final.pdf
Application Guide
Mar 26, 2019 02:46 PM UTC

Link to additional information

website

Archived: June 26, 2019

Application process

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Award

$1,500,000

Program Funding

10

Expected awards

$--

Award Minimum

$--

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

RDRUS-19-01-HWWS

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

No

Funding instrument type:

Grant

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

--

Category of Funding Activity:

Community development

Environment

Health

Agriculture

Category Explanation:

--

History

Version:

1

Posted date:

March 27, 2019

Archive date:

June 26, 2019

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