10.770: Water and Waste Disposal Loans and Grants (Section 306C)

10.770

Active

Rural Utilities Service [USDA]

Aug. 18, 2022

Aug. 18, 2022

Provide water and waste disposal facilities and services to low income rural communities whose residents face significant health risks.

B - Project Grants (Discretionary)

Local level governments, Indian Tribes on Federal and State reservations, and other federally recognized Indian Tribes, U.S. Territories and possessions, and nonprofit associations can receive assistance under this program. Except for rural areas known as Colonia along the U.S./Mexico border, the projects funded under this program must primarily provide water and/or waste disposal services to residents of a county where the per capita income of the residents is not more than 70 percent of the most recent national average per capita income, as determined by the U.S. Department of Commerce, and unemployment rate of the residents is not less than 125 percent of the most recent national average unemployment rate, as determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Also the residents must face significant health risks due to not having access to an affordable community water and/or waste disposal system.

Users of the applicant systems, which are previously described as public bodies, private nonprofit corporations, Indian tribes, and individuals.

10.76

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