WATER
AND WASTE PROGRAMS
Technical Assistance and Training Grants
Solid
Waste Management Grants
Emergency
Community Water Assistance Grants
Rural
Water Circuit Rider Technical Assistance
Revolving Fund Program
Household Water
Well System Program
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WATER AND WASTE LOAN AND GRANT PROGRAMS
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Water and Waste Disposal
Loans
Purpose: To develop water and waste
disposal (including solid waste disposal and storm drainage) systems
in rural areas and towns with a population not in excess of 10,000.
The funds are available to public entities such as municipalities,
counties, special-purpose districts, Indian tribes, and corporations
not operated for profit. R U S also guarantees water and waste disposal
loans made by banks and other eligible lenders.
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Water and Waste Disposal
Grants
Purpose: To reduce water and waste disposal
costs to a reasonable level for rural users. Grants may be made for
up to 75 percent of eligible project costs in some cases. The same
types of applicants are eligible for grants as are for loans.
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Technical Assistance and Training (T A T) Grants
Purpose: To make grants to nonprofit
organizations to provide technical assistance and training to associations
on a wide range of issues relating to the delivery of water and waste
disposal service.
A percentage of the Water and Wastewater Grant
Program is available each year to provide technical assistance for
rural communities with a population of 10,000 or less. Figures from
the 1990 Census are used as reference. Private, nonprofit organizations
that have been granted tax-exempt status from the Internal Revenue
Service may be eligible for grant funds provided they can demonstrate
the ability, background, experience, legal authority, and actual capacity
to provide technical assistance/training on a regional basis to small,
rural communities. Grant funds may be used to assist communities and
rural areas identify and evaluate solutions to water or wastewater
problems, improve facility operation and maintenance activities, or
prepare funding applications for water or wastewater treatment facility
construction projects.
Pre-applications may be filed with our State
Offices (see addresses and telephone numbers in our staff listings
below) for projects to be operated within a single State. For projects
providing multi-state services, pre-applications should be sent to
the Assistant Administrator, Water and Waste Program at the address
listed below. For consideration and funding in each fiscal year,
preapplications must be received in the appropriate office between
October 1 and December 31.
Some examples of grants that have been made
under the TAT Grant Program are:
The
National Rural Water Association
of Duncan, Oklahoma, has operated the Wastewater Technician
Program under the T A T Program since 1988 when they contracted
with their State-affiliate Rural Water Associations to employ fulltime
wastewater technicians in 15 States. The program has expanded over
the years so that the N R W A and their State Associations now provide
fulltime wastewater technician assistance/training in all of the 48
contiguous States and a fulltime water technician in Puerto Rico.
These technicians provide technical assistance/training to system
operators in the areas of water or wastewater treatment, facility
operations/maintenance, system financial management, regulatory compliance,
and conservation issues. They also provide liaison support for interactions
with regulatory and funding agencies.
Assistance under this program may be requested
by rural water or wastewater system officials through their local
Rural Water Association or U S D A, Rural Development's local or State
Offices (see staff listings below).
The Rural
Community Assistance Program (R C A P), Inc., in
Leesburg, Virginia operates the Technitrain Program
with grant funds under the TAT Grant Program. R C A P has operated
the program since 1988. The program began with 180 communities and
has expanded to around 500 communities in 47 States and Puerto Rico.
R C A P is a private, nonprofit, 501(c)(3) corporation and is made
up of a national office and six regional offices with multi-state
service areas. Representatives of the six regional R C A Ps and six
at-large directors make up the R C A P Board of Directors. Since 1969,
R C A P's mission has been to empower and assist residents and elected
officials in small, rural communities to improve their quality of
life. In the case of the R U S funded Technitrain program, R C A P
provides on-site, community-specific assistance to participating communities
in addressing their individual needs relative to water, wastewater
and solid waste issues.
Assistance through the Technitrain Program
may be requested through the U S D A, Rural Development's local or
State Offices listed below.
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Solid Waste Management Grants
Purpose: To make grants to public and
private nonprofit organizations for providing technical assistance
and training to associations to reduce or eliminate pollution of water
resources and improve planning and management of solid waste facilities.
This assistance is available in rural areas and towns with a population
not in excess of 10,000. Figures from the 1990 Census are used
as reference.
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Emergency Community
Water Assistance Grants
Purpose: To assist rural communities
that have had a significant decline in quantity or quality of drinking
water. Grants can be made in rural areas and cities or towns with
a population not in excess of 10,000 and a median household income
of 100 percent of a State's non-metropolitan median household income.
Grants may be made for 100 percent of project costs. The maximum grant
is $500,000 when a significant decline in quantity or quality of water
occurred within 2 years, or $150,000 to make emergency repairs and
replacement of facilities on existing systems.
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Rural Water Circuit
Rider Technical Assistance
Purpose: To provide technical assistance
for the operation of rural water systems. R U S through contracting,
has assisted rural water systems with day-to-day operational, financial,
and management problems. The assistance may be requested by officials
of rural water systems or R U S. The program complements R U S' loan
supervision responsibilities. R U S contracts with the National
Rural Water Association (N R W A) to
provide this service. N R W A
State Affiliates do the work in their
State(s).
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