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Rural Decentralized Water System Grant Program

Rural Utilities Service

Deadline: Dec 1, 2025

Summary

The DWS Grant Program aims to assist individuals with low to moderate incomes in financing costs associated with household water wells and decentralized wastewater systems through grants to eligible nonprofit organizations. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations that will establish a revolving fund to provide loans and sub-grants to individuals for these systems. For application details, visit the USDA website provided in the grant description.

Full description

The DWS Grant Program has been established to help individuals with low to moderate incomes finance certain costs of household water wells and individually owned decentralized wastewater systems that they own or will own. Grants are made to eligible nonprofit organizations 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. Loan and/or sub-grant funds may be used by the individual to construct, refurbish, rehabilitate, or replace decentralized water well or wastewater systems. For water well systems, funds may be used up to the point of entry to a home, which is the junction where water enters into a home water delivery system after being pumped from a well. For wastewater systems, in lieu 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. DWS grant funds may be used by the nonprofit recipient to pay administrative expenses associated with providing DWS loans and/or sub-grants.


Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Miscellaneous

  • Other

Additional information

Information on eligibility is available at this website: https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/water-environmental-programs/rural-decentralized-water-systems-grant-program

Grantor contact information

Description

DWS Grant Manager

Email

Email address

Water-RD@usda.gov

Apply on official siteUpdated Oct 30, 2025

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