# Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants (10.763)

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Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants is run by Department of Agriculture. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $66.0 million in 188 grants, about $350,881 per award.

## Objectives

The objective of the ECWAG program is to assist the residents of rural areas that have experienced a significant decline in quantity or quality of water, or in which such a decline is considered imminent, to obtain or maintain adequate quantities of water that meets the standards set by the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA).

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $13.0 million | 32 |
| 2022 | $14.0 million | 33 |
| 2023 | $17.2 million | 58 |
| 2024 | $11.4 million | 31 |
| 2025 | $10.5 million | 34 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados de PR | Puerto Rico | $3.7 million |
| City of Detroit | Oregon | $1.1 million |
| Denison, City of | Iowa | $1.1 million |
| Yellow Pine Water Users Association, Inc. | Idaho | $1.1 million |
| Tishomingo Municipal Authority | Oklahoma | $1.1 million |
| Kanosh Town | Utah | $1.0 million |
| City of Ironwood | Michigan | $1.0 million |
| Terrace Lakes Water Company | Idaho | $1.0 million |
| Pauls Valley Municipal Authority | Oklahoma | $1.0 million |
| City of Oakley | Idaho | $1.0 million |
| Holden Town | Utah | $1.0 million |
| Ozark MTN Reg Public Water Auth | Arkansas | $1.0 million |
| Zapata County Sheriffs Office | Texas | $1.0 million |
| Leamington Town | Utah | $1.0 million |
| Regional Water | Iowa | $1.0 million |
| Siesta Shores Wcid | Texas | $1.0 million |
| Noatak Native Village of | Alaska | $1.0 million |
| Dunklin County Public Sewer District #1 | Missouri | $1.0 million |
| The Water Works & Sewer Board of the Tow | Alabama | $1.0 million |
| Aurora-Brule Rural Water System Inc | South Dakota | $1.0 million |