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WATER AND WASTE LOAN AND GRANT PROGRAMS
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"Program Fact Sheet (updated July 1, 2001)" wwfact.pdf
(40K) or wwfact.doc (34K)
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.
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.
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 Partnership (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.
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.
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.
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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