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Utilities  Programs

Water and Wastewater Disposal Program (Loans and Grants) -

    Provide funding for water and waste disposal systems in rural areas and towns of up to 10,000 in population. Public bodies, corporations operated on a nonprofit basis, and Indian tribes that are unable to obtain credit from other sources at reasonable rates and terms are eligible for assistance.
Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants -
    Provides assistance to rural communities that have had a significant decline in the quantity or quality of drinking water. Grants can be made in rural areas and cities or towns with a population not in excess of 5,000 and a median household income not in excess of 100% of the State's non-metropolitan median household income.
Water and Waste Disposal Grants (Section 306C for Colonias) -
    These grant funds may be used to construct, enlarge, extend, or otherwise improve community water and/or waste disposal systems. Residents of the rural area to be served must face significant health risks due to the fact that a significant proportion of the community's residents do not have access to or are not served by adequate, affordable water and/or waste disposal systems. The entity must be in an area along the US/Mexico border which was recognized as a colonia before October 1, 1989.

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