Household Water Well Grant Program | RDRUS 17 01 HWWS

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The Household Water Well Grant Program (HWWS), offered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) through its Utilities Programs, is a discretionary grant opportunity designed to expand access to safe, reliable household well water for people with low to moderate incomes. Rather than paying for individual wells directly, the program’s central purpose is to help organizations create and operate a revolving loan fund that can then make affordable loans to eligible individuals. In practice, this structure is meant to stretch federal dollars further over time, because repayments replenish the fund and enable additional loans to future borrowers.

Grant funds under this program must primarily be used to establish and maintain the revolving loan fund dedicated to household water well systems. The loans provided from that fund can be used by individuals to construct a new household water well or to refurbish, rehabilitate, or replace an existing well system. The eligible scope runs up to the “point of entry” of the home, meaning the program supports the well and related components until the place where the pumped water connects into the home’s internal plumbing or water distribution system. The point of entry is specifically described as the junction where water enters the home’s water delivery system after being pumped from the well, which clarifies that the program focuses on the well system itself rather than broader home plumbing work inside the residence.

Beyond capitalizing the loan fund, the grant can also cover administrative expenses necessary to deliver and manage the household water well loans. That typically includes the operational work required to run a lending program, such as loan processing, servicing, compliance, and other program administration directly tied to providing these loans.

From the opportunity listing, the program falls under CFDA number 10.862 and is categorized across agriculture, community development, environment, and health, reflecting the public health and rural infrastructure benefits of dependable drinking water. The funding opportunity number is RDRUS 17 01 HWWS. The posting indicates an expected number of awards of about 10, and the award ceiling is listed as 0 in the source data (often a sign that the maximum award amount is not specified in that field and applicants must refer to the full notice or program guidance for limits). The opportunity was created on January 9, 2017, with an original application closing date of February 6, 2017. Eligible applicants are listed broadly as “Others,” with the note that applicants should consult the additional eligibility language in the full announcement for clarification on which organization types can apply to run the revolving loan fund.

• The Department of Agriculture, Utilities Programs in the agriculture, community development, environment, health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Household Water Well Grant Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.862.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jan 09, 2017.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Feb 06, 2017. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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