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Rural Decentralized Water System Grant Program
Rural Utilities Service · RDRUS-26-DWS2 · Deadline: September 30, 2026
Program-level history — this opportunity doesn't publish per-opportunity awards, so these numbers describe its parent program (CFDA 10.862, Rural Decentralized Water Systems Grant Program), not this competition alone. Labeled that way on purpose.
13 unique recipients in the sample; 7 repeat winners.
range $9k – $2M
Draw-down reality (program)
Across 23 completed awards in this program (FY2021+ sample, USAspending outlay records), grantees ultimately drew a median 100% of obligated funds. A median well under 100% means underspend or early closure is common here — worth knowing before promising a spend-down timeline.
Listing summary
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 was…
Eligibility: Others · Categories: Community Development · official listing ↗
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Sources: NIH RePORTER (opportunity-exact) and USAspending (program-level), labeled per section. GrantsDue computes summaries only; verify anything critical against the originals. Methodology.