Water
and Environmental Programs 
Household Water Well System Program
Application Deadline: MAY 31, 2007
The Household Water Well System (HWWS) Grant Program provides grants to qualified private non-profit organizations to establish lending programs for household water wells. Homeowners or eligible individuals may borrow money from an approved organization to construct or upgrade their private well systems.
For Private, Non-Profit Organizations
The USDA Rural Development will award grant funds to qualified private, non-profit organizations only. The approved organizations must set up a revolving loan program and provide low-interest loans to eligible individuals who own or will own a private well system. The loans may be used to construct, refurbish, and service an individual’s well system.
The non-profit organizations applying for the grant funds must contribute at least 10 percent of the HWWS grant to capitalize the revolving loan fund. The cost-sharing funds may be contributed from the applicants’ own resources or sources other than the proceeds of the HWWS grants. In-kind contributions will not be considered.
Available funds: $990,000
For Individuals
Individuals cannot receive grants. They must apply for loans through non-profit organizations that USDA Rural Development has approved to receive grant funds. The loan limit is $8,000 at 1 percent for 20 years. Application forms will be provided by the organization.
Completed Application
Non-profit organizations must submit the following items to make a complete application.
- Standard application forms
- A proposal
- A work plan
- A budget and budget justification
- Evidence of legal existence and legal authority
- A list of directors and officers
- Other specified information
Required Forms
The following forms must be included in the application:
· Standard Form 424, “Application for Federal Assistance”
· Standard Form 424A, “Budget Information—Non-Construction Programs”
· Standard Form 424B, “Assurances—Non-Construction Programs”
· Standard Form LLL, “Disclosure of Lobbying Activity”
· Form RD 400-1, “Equal Opportunity Agreement”
· Form RD 400-4, “Assurance Agreement (Under Title VI, Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Forms may be downloaded at www.usda.gov/rus/water/wwforms.htm#SF if you are not using www.grants.gov to apply for the program.
Notice of Funding Availability
A Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the Fiscal Year 2007 HWWS Grant Program was published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on March 29, 2007 (volume 72, number 60, pages 14770-14776).
Federal Regulation
The federal regulation, 7 CFR Part 1776, for the HWWS Program was published as a Final rule in the FEDERAL REGISTER on May 19, 2005 (volume 70, number 96, pages 28786-28791).