Rural Decentralized Water System Grant Program
Agency: Rural Utilities Service
Assistance Listings: 10.862 -- Rural Decentralized Water Systems Grant Program
Last Updated: December 26, 2024
Description
The DWS Grant Program has been established to help individuals with low to moderate incomes finance certain costs of household water wells and individually owned decentralized wastewater systems that they own or will own. Grants are made to eligible nonprofit organizations 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. Loan and/or sub-grant funds may be used by the individual to construct, refurbish, rehabilitate, or replace decentralized water well or wastewater systems. For water well systems, funds may be used up to the point of entry to a home, which is the junction where water enters into a home water delivery system after being pumped from a well. For wastewater 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. DWS grant funds may be used by the nonprofit recipient to pay administrative expenses associated with providing DWS loans and/or sub-grants.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants
Miscellaneous
- Other
Additional information
Grantor contact information
Description
Email address
Documents
File name | Description | Last updated |
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DWS_-_FY25_-_Application_Guide.pdf | DWS - FY25 - Application Guide | Dec 26, 2024 08:16 PM UTC |
DWS_-_FY25_-_NOFO.pdf | DWS - FY25 - NOFO | Dec 26, 2024 06:58 PM UTC |
Link to additional information
Closed: March 3, 2025
Award
$5,000,000
Program Funding
10
Expected awards
$--
Award Floor
$--
Award Ceiling
Funding opportunity number:
RDRUS-25-DWS
Cost sharing or matching requirement:
Funding instrument type:
Grant
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
Category of Funding Activity:
Agriculture
Community development
Environment
Health
Category Explanation:
History
Version:
4
Posted date:
January 1, 2025
Archive date:
June 30, 2025