Water and Waste Technical Assistance and Training Grants (10.761)
Water and Waste Technical Assistance and Training Grants (Assistance Listing 10.761) is run by the Rural Utilities Service, part of the Department of Agriculture. It awarded $193 million in 126 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $1.5 million per award on average. 1 funding opportunity is open or forecast now.
The typical award was $410,700. Half of the 126 awards fell between $183,721 and $984,750, and they ranged from $27,600 to $10.0 million.
- Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$193 million
- Grant awards126
- Typical award$410,700
- Awarded in FY 2025$35.3 million
- Size rank614 of 1824
- Type of assistanceProject grants
Key findings
- Annual funding fell from $41.1 million in fiscal 2021 to $35.3 million in fiscal 2025.
- It is the 614th largest of 1,824 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
- The 20 largest recipients received 98% of the money.
- Awards went to recipients in 17 states and territories.
What the program funds
Annual TAT - To identify and evaluate solutions to water and waste disposal problems in rural areas; to assist applicants in preparing applications made in accordance with 7 CFR 1780; to improve operation and maintenance of water and waste disposal facilities in rural areas. Technical Assistance and Training for Innovative Regional Wastewater Treatment Solutions (TAT/RWTS) - to identify and evaluate economically feasible innovative regional solutions to wastewater treatment concerns for historically impoverished communities in areas which have had difficulty installing traditional wastewater treatment systems due to soil conditions. The Calendar Year (CY) 2022 Disaster Circuit Rider Technical Assistance (CRTA) GRANTS PROGRAM (this is the program title) provides grant funds to qualified organizations for providing on-site technical assistance on a national basis to help eligible communities mitigate damage caused by CY 2022 Presidentially declared disasters. Funds can be used to identify and evaluate solutions to impacted water, wastewater, stormwater and solid waste challenges, help communities develop and prepare applications for related loans and grants, deliver training and other resources to operators, managers, and other system personnel, and pay certain expenses associated with the provision of such services. In accordance with the industry standards, the term “water” is inclusive of all water resource infrastructure, such as drinking water, wastewater, storm drainage, and solid waste facilities.
Open opportunities
Rules from the program listing
Who can apply
Annual TAT - Eligible entities must be private nonprofit organizations. Applicants must have proven ability, background, experience, legal authority and actual capacity to provide technical assistance and/or training on a regional basis to associations. TAT/RWTS - Eligible entities must be consortiums (regional institutions of higher education, academic health and research institutes or economic development entities, or combination thereof, located in the region identified to be served that have experience in addressing these issues in the region). Applicants must have proven ability, background, experience, legal authority and actual capacity to provide technical assistance .
What the money can and cannot pay for
Annual TAT - Funds may be used to pay expenses associated with providing technical assistance and/or training (TAT) to identify and evaluate solutions to water problems relating to source, storage, treatment, and distribution, and to waste disposal problems relating to collection, treatment, and disposal; assist applicants that have filed a application with RUS in the preparation of water and/or waste disposal loan and/or grant applications; and to provide training that will improve the management, operation and maintenance of water and waste disposal facilities. Grant funds may not be used to recruit applications, duplicate current services such as those performed by a consultant in developing a project, fund political activities, pay for capital assets, purchase real estate or vehicles, improve and renovate office space or repair and maintain privately owned property, pay construction or O&M costs, and pay costs incurred prior to the effective date of grants made. TAT/RWTS - Funds must be used to identify and evaluate innovative regional solutions to wastewater treatment solutions for historically impoverished communities in areas which have had difficulty installing traditional wastewater treatment systems due to soil conditions. The work product must be related to a proposed project that is regional in scope.
Matching requirements
This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
Award range and average, in the agency's words
$100,000 to $8,500,000. Average: $1,492,821.
Examples of funded projects
Fiscal Year2025: Training and hands on technical assistance to small water system operators in rural communities. Provide Geographic Information System (GIS) services to rural communities for effective operations, asset management, and emergency response. Help rural communities prepare applications for water and waste disposal loan and grants.
Funding history and past recipients
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Water and Waste Technical Assistance and Training Grants (10.761) awarded$193 million across 126 grant awards, an average of $1.5 million per award.
Who usually wins
Nonprofits received 81% of the money, tribes 1.8% and colleges and universities 1.3%.
| Recipient type | Awards | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonprofits | 91 | $157 million | 81% |
| Other | 17 | $29.4 million | 15% |
| Tribal governments and organizations | 5 | $3.6 million | 1.8% |
| Colleges and universities | 8 | $2.4 million | 1.3% |
| State and local governments | 5 | $556,721 | 0.3% |
By state
11 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards.
| State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 27 | $109 million |
| District of Columbia | 16 | $49.4 million |
| Alabama | 4 | $10.8 million |
| Alaska | 20 | $4.5 million |
| Arizona | 9 | $4.3 million |
| California | 18 | $3.1 million |
| Tennessee | 2 | $2.6 million |
| West Virginia | 5 | $2.3 million |
| Washington | 4 | $1.8 million |
| Colorado | 2 | $1.6 million |
| Massachusetts | 3 | $1.1 million |
| Nevada | 4 | $883,931 |
| New York | 5 | $774,486 |
| Maryland | 2 | $614,700 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 2 | $415,000 |
| Hawaii | 1 | $218,000 |
| Kansas | 2 | $60,100 |