Rural Decentralized Water System Grant Program
Department of Agriculture
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
Funding
Award size
Not specified
Award ceiling
0
Type
Grant
Dates
Deadline
Next 90 days
Posted
07/28/2026
Closes
2026-09-30
Eligibility
Eligibility
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Program
Funding area
Community Development - CD
Opportunity #
RDRUS-26-DWS2
Source
Status
Open
Market
Government
Level
Federal
Source
Grants.gov