Technical Assistance and Construction for Innovative Regional Wastewater Treatment Solutions (TAC-RWTS) Grant Pilot Program

Water-RD@usda.gov

This program, short title TAC-RWTS, offers grants for the study, design, and/or construction of regional wastewater systems for historically impoverished communities that have had difficulty installing traditional wastewater treatment systems due to soil conditions.

Funds may be used for wastewater related assistance including:

• Identifying and evaluating economically feasible innovative regional solutions to wastewater treatment concerns for historically impoverished rural communities in areas which have had difficulty installing traditional wastewater treatment systems due to soil conditions
• Providing wastewater related technical assistance, including such services as developing needs assessments, testing wastewater options, preliminary design assistance, developing regulatory guidance, and submitting applications for financial assistance
• Constructing the identified solutions, including eligible associated costs

Eligible applicants include consortia of regional institutions of higher education, academic health and research institutes, and economic development entities, or a combination thereof, located in the U.S., U.S. Territories, and the District of Columbia.

Areas to be served must be historically impoverished and rural.

Award ceiling: Not stated
Project period: 1 year for technical assistance projects and 4 years for construction projects
Estimated total program funding: $5,150,091

A link to the application instructions is available on the program website and grants.gov.

Applications should be submitted online through grants.gov once the application is posted to the system.