Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants
Department Of Agriculture, Rural Utilities Service
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).
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Helps communities prepare for or recover from emergencies affecting safe drinking water. Provides support for ensuring reliable water access.
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Financial assistance to help eligible communities prepare for or recover from emergencies that threaten their safe and reliable drinking water systems.
Who Is Eligible?
Industries: water utilities, public infrastructure
Region: rural communities, United States
Other Criteria: eligible communities, communities with a population of 10,000 or less (inferred from parent WEP program), facing an emergency that threatens the availability of safe, reliable drinking water, handling expenses related to incidents (including Presidentially declared disasters) that damaged water systems
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This program offers funding up to $9,999,999,999 (minimum $56,000).
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