# Rural Decentralized Water System Grant Program

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/rdrus-21-01-dws-rural-decentralized-water-system-grant-program/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/334025

> Rural Utilities Service offered grants to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make about 10 awards worth $10.0 million in total. Applications closed on July 19, 2021.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | RDRUS-21-01-DWS |
| Agency | Rural Utilities Service |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | July 19, 2021 |
| Award ceiling | not stated |
| Award floor | not stated |
| Expected awards | 10 |
| Total funding | $10.0 million |
| Cost sharing | required |
| Assistance Listings | 10.862 |

## Who can apply

- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

1. An organization is eligible to receive a DWS grant if it: i. has an active registration with current information in the System for Award Management (SAM) and has a Dun and Bradstreet (D&B) Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number; ii. is a private, non-profit organization; iii. is legally established and located within one of the following: (1) a state within the United States; (2) the District of Columbia; (3) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or (4) a United States territory; has the legal capacity and authority to carry out the grant purpose; has sufficient expertise and experience in lending activities; has sufficient expertise and experience in promoting the safe and productive use of individually-owned household water wells or decentralized wastewater systems; has no delinquent debt to the Federal government or no outstanding judgments to repay a Federal debt; demonstrates that it possesses the financial, technical, and managerial capability to comply with Federal and State laws and requirements, and is not a corporation that has been convicted of a felony (or had an officer or agent acting on behalf of the corporation convicted of a felony) within the past 24 months. Any Corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability is not eligible. 2. An individual is ineligible to receive a DWS grant. however, an individual may receive a loan or sub-grant from an organization receiving a grant award.

## What the grant funds

The DWS Grant Program has been established to help individuals with low to moderate incomes finance the costs of household water wells and individually owned decentralized wastewater systems that they own or will own. Grant funds must be used 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. Individual households may use the loan and/or sub-grant funds to construct, refurbish, rehabilitate, or replace decentralized water systems up to the point of entry to a home. Point of entry for the well system is the junction where water enters into a home water delivery system after being pumped from a well. For septic systems, in lie 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. Grant funds may be used to pay administrative expenses associated with providing DWS loans and/or sub-grants.

## Questions people ask

### Is RDRUS-21-01-DWS still open?

No. It closed on July 19, 2021.

### Who can apply for Rural Decentralized Water System Grant Program?

Rural Utilities Service accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for Rural Decentralized Water System Grant Program?

Closed July 19, 2021. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

About $10.0 million in total across about 10 awards.

### Who has won Rural Decentralized Water Systems Grant Program grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Water Well Trust Inc, Southeast Rural Community Assistance Project, Inc., Communities Unlimited Inc. The program made 33 awards worth $16.3 million in that time.