USDA Rural Development – Tennessee State Office
Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants (Tennessee)
Key facts
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award size
- Up to $1M
- Match ?
- Not stated: check the official notice · Work out your budget and match
- Who can apply
- City or town government, County government, Special district (utility, fire, etc.), Tribal government, Nonprofit with 501(c)(3), Nonprofit without 501(c)(3)
- Where
- Anywhere in Tennessee
Before you apply: Tennessee state agencies usually require you to be registered as a supplier in the state's Edison system before they can pay a grant. Ask the program contact, and register early. Get-ready checklist
How this fits you
- Available in Tennessee
Tell us who you are to see whether you're eligible.
Official notice: https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/water-environmental-programs/emergency-community-water-assistance-grants/tn · Printed from grantme.click/grants/9ebe8a9c-1e3c-4b4c-88aa-3348109d3cee
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About this grant
Grants to help rural communities of 10,000 or fewer prepare for or recover from an emergency that threatens safe drinking water, such as a sharp drop in water quantity or quality within the last two years.
About the federal program
Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants
Program number 10.763 (the federal Assistance Listing number) · U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Utilities Service · Project grant
How applications are judged
The proposed projects designed to serve a rural area with a population of 10,000 or less that has a median household income of not more than 100 percent of the statewide nonmetropolitan household income and had a significant decline in quantity of water available from private individually owned wells will be given priority. Preference also will be given to proposed projects that will assist an established water system or remedy an acute shortage of quality water. The Rural Development State Director will rate applications on a point system and points received will be considered in selecting projects for funding.
Match
None required (federal program listing).
Examples of funded projects
Fiscal year 2025: Replace water line and appurtenances that were exposed due to excessive rainfall and flooding. The project involved boring a new 4-inch waterline beneath the river to re-establish a full-capacity, permanent crossing.
Construct an emergency intake structure to prevent future intake obstructions during times of excessive precipitation. Project also involved the replacement of high service pumps and raw water pump station wet well.