USDA Rural Water and Waste Disposal

Funding

  • Total: $1.38 billion
  • Supports cost of $2.82 billion in direct loans
  • Supports cost of $963 million in grants

Agency

Deadlines

  • Funds must be obligated by September 30, 2010

Additional Information

  • At least 10 percent of the funds must be allocated to projects in "persistent poverty counties", counties where 20 percent or more of the population has been living in poverty over the past 30 years
  • Preference given to projects that can be started and completed expeditiously, including a goal of using at least 50 percent of the funds that can be initiated in 120 days, or by June 17, 2009