Closed · RDRUS-26-DWS2 · CFDA 10.862 · Discretionary

Rural Decentralized Water System Grant Program

Federal grant opportunity posted by Rural Utilities Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.

Varies
Award range
Closed
Status
September 30, 2026
Close date
10
Expected awards

The verdict

Rural Decentralized Water System Grant Program is a closed discretionary listing from Rural Utilities Service that offered Varies by applicant across 10 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 145 other opportunities from Rural Utilities Service.

Varies
award range
Closed
application status
10
expected awards
10.862
CFDA program

Recently closed NOFO

This listing closed on September 30, 2026. CFDA 10.862 may re-announce under a new opportunity number. Historical award band was Varies by applicant.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed September 30, 2026

Posted Jul 28 Closes Sep 30

Est. Total Funding

$11,000,000

Expected Awards

10

Instrument

Grant

Cost Sharing

Required

Description

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 wastewater systems. For water well systems, funds may be used up to the point of entry to a home, which is the junction where water enters into a home water delivery system after being pumped from a well. For wastewater systems, in lieu of the point of entry, the point of exit is substituted. The point of exit is the junction where wastewater exits out of the home wastewater collection system into the septic tank and drain field. DWS grant funds may be used by the nonprofit recipient to pay administrative expenses associated with providing DWS loans and/or sub-grants.

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · RDRUS-26-DWS2

Grants.gov marks Rural Decentralized Water System Grant Program with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Community Development (CD). This eligibility-code string dominates the Rural Utilities Service book (67 peers, 46% of 146).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

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Agency Contact

DWS Grant Manager

What to do next

Rural Decentralized Water System Grant Program is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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Data sourced from the SAM.gov Assistance Listings and Grants.gov. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainGrants