- Granting Agency: USDA, Utilities Program
- Appropriation Amount: $10,044,020
- Grant Amount: No Ceiling, No Floor, 10% match
- Announcement Date: June 4, 2021
- Closing Date: July 19, 2021
Fact Sheet
FY21 FOA WEP-DWS Final
Purpose: Helps communities improve access to safe, reliable drinking water for households and improve the sanitary conditions caused by inadequate septic systems in rural areas.
Eligible Expenditures:
Grant funds may be used to help a nonprofit or Tribe create a revolving loan fund for eligible individuals who own and occupy a home in an eligible rural area. The fund may be used to construct, refurbish, or service individually-owned household water well and septic systems. Terms for the loans include one percent fixed interest rate, 20-year maximum term, and a $15,000 maximum loan per household.
What is an eligible area?
Rural areas and towns with populations of 50,000 or less – check eligible addresses, Tribal lands in rural areas, and Colonias.
Eligible Applicants: Qualified nonprofits and Tribes