Household Water Well Program | RDRUS 18 01 HWWS

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The Household Water Well Program (HWWS) is a discretionary grant opportunity run by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), specifically through its Utilities Programs. The program is designed to expand access to safe and reliable household water for people in rural or underserved areas by helping low- to moderate-income individuals pay for the costs of household water wells they own or will own. Rather than providing direct grants to individual homeowners, the program is structured so that grant recipients use the federal funds to set up and operate a local revolving loan fund, which then issues loans to eligible individuals for well-related projects. As borrowers repay their loans, the money cycles back into the fund, allowing additional households to be financed over time.

Grant funds are required to be used primarily to establish and maintain this revolving loan fund. The loans made through the fund can cover a range of household well system needs, including constructing a new well, refurbishing or rehabilitating an existing well system, or replacing a system that is failing or inadequate. The scope of what can be financed is clearly defined: the well system work can be supported up to the point where water enters the home. In practical terms, the "point of entry" is the junction where pumped well water transitions into the home’s internal water distribution system, which helps draw a clear boundary around eligible costs and ensures the program remains focused on the well and its immediate delivery components rather than full household plumbing.

In addition to the lending capital itself, the program also allows a portion of grant funds to be used for administrative expenses tied to running the household water well loan program. That includes the operational costs necessary to make and service loans effectively, such as loan processing, oversight, compliance, and general program administration, so long as those costs are connected to providing HWWS loans.

In the posted opportunity details, the funding opportunity title is "Household Water Well Program" and the funding opportunity number is RDRUS 18 01 HWWS. It is categorized under Agriculture, Community Development, Environment, and Health, reflecting the program’s overlap between rural infrastructure, public health, and basic household services. The CFDA listing is 10.862. The notice indicates an expected 10 awards, while the listed award ceiling is shown as 0, which often signals that the ceiling is not specified in that particular listing or is determined through other program guidance rather than a fixed cap in the summary record. The opportunity was created on June 26, 2018, with an original closing date of July 20, 2018. Eligible applicants are described as "Others," with the exact eligible entity types clarified in an additional eligibility section not included in the text provided, which typically means the applicants are organizations capable of administering a revolving loan fund rather than individual households applying directly.

• The Department of Agriculture, Utilities Programs in the agriculture, community development, environment, health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Household Water Well 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 Jun 26, 2018.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 20, 2018. (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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