Federal grant programs / Department of the Interior

Domestic Water Supply Projects (15.577)

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$31.8 million
• Grant awards8
• Typical award$1.7 million
• Awarded in FY 2025$31.8 million
• Size rank1,168 of 1,823
• Type of assistanceGrant

Key findings

• It is the 1168th largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• The 8 largest recipients received 100% of the money.
• Awards went to recipients in 3 states and territories.

What the program funds

Section 50231 of the IRA contained $550.0 million, available through FY2031, for Reclamation to provide up to 100% of the cost for the planning, design, and/or construction of water projects where the primary purpose is to provide domestic water supplies to disadvantaged communities or households. Pursuant to this authority, Reclamation is to establish and adopt criteria to identify applicable disadvantaged communities or households in a Reclamation State or Territory that do not have reliable access to domestic water supplies (43 U.S.C. §391).

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

What the money can and cannot pay for

In accordance with the Inflation Reduction Act (Public Law 117-169, Section 50231) Domestic Water Supply Projects, these funds may be used for the planning, design, or construction of water projects the primary purpose of which is to provide domestic water supplies to tribal or insular area communities or households that do not have reliable access to domestic water supplies as described above.

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

Range: $3M to $50M

Examples of funded projects

Fiscal Year2025: A) Planning domestic water projects that address reliable water access, water quantity, or water quality for disadvantaged communities; B) Design and acquire permits for a domestic drinking water project for a disadvantaged community. The project would design a water delivery system to transport water from an existing nearby reservoir to underserved homes within a disadvantaged community, providing reliable access to clean drinking water; C) Planning and design of replacement wells that restore reliable access to domestic water for disadvantaged communities; and D) Construction of a water delivery system to provide clean drinking water to a portion of the service area for a disadvantaged community. Projects could include construction of a water treatment plant and 6 miles of pipeline, creating reliable access to clean drinking water and improving water quality. Residents in the area to be served by the project currently rely on well water of variable quality and unreliable availability. Projects could include improvements, upgrades, or inter-connection of existing domestic water supply infrastructure and facilities servicing in-need communities.Fiscal Year2026: A) Planning domestic water projects that address reliable water access, water quantity, or water quality for disadvantaged communities; B) Design and acquire permits for a domestic drinking water project for a disadvantaged community.

Continue reading on SAM.gov

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Who usually wins

Almost all of the money went to tribes.

By state

Each state below has its own page for this program, with its recipients and yearly totals.

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.