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Rural Decentralized Water System Grant Program

Rural Utilities Service

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

Funding
Estimated total program funding: $11,000,000
Category
Uncategorized
Status
OPEN
Deadline
10/1/2026

About

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

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

Applicant types

Grants.gov eligibility code 25
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Notice-specific evidence check

What an applicant must verify for Rural Decentralized Water System Grant Program

Applicant evidence

  • Applicant type: Other eligible applicants

Opportunity boundaries

  • Recorded funding: Estimated total program funding: $11,000,000
  • Recorded deadline: October 1, 2026; confirm time zone and submission system.
  • Recorded focus: Community development
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Application checklist

How to apply for Rural Decentralized Water System Grant Program

The steps below turn the recorded grant fields into a pre-submission check. They do not replace the current Notice of Funding Opportunity or its amendments.

Recorded eligibility

  • • Applicant types: Grants.gov eligibility code 25.
  • • Geographic scope is not structured in this record.
  • • Notice summary: Information on eligibility is available at this website: https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/water-environmental-programs/rural-decentralized-water-systems-grant-program

Focus areas: CD

Recorded deadline

September 30, 2026 — confirm the time zone and submission system

A missing or rolling date is not permission to assume an open application window.

  1. 1. Confirm fitMatch your applicant type, location, project scope and any cost-share or registration rule to the official notice.
  2. 2. Read the noticeCollect the current guidelines, amendments, budget rules, required attachments and submission instructions.
  3. 3. Check timingRecord the deadline time zone, internal review date and any earlier registration or portal cut-off.
  4. 4. Submit thereUse the official application route and save the confirmation or submission reference.

Official sources

Recorded source: https://www.grants.gov/xml-extract

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Last directory verification: Sep 13, 2026.