Direct Rural Water and Waste Disposal Loans

What this funds

The Water and Waste Direct Loan program provides low-interest extended term loans to support clean and reliable drinking water systems, sanitary sewage disposal, sanitary solid waste disposal, and storm water drainage facilities to households and businesses in eligible rural areas of a population of 10,000 or less. Often combined with grant funding, the Water and Waste Disposal Direct Loans enable communities to maintain reasonable user costs for rural residences, businesses, and other users. Adequate and reliable water and waste disposal capacity is critical for supporting quality of life issues, environmental sustainability, and the economic vitality of rural communities. Rural water and waste disposal systems face many unique challenges, including a lack of economies of scale, access to qualified workers, and more. This program helps very small, financially distressed rural communities extend and improve water and waste disposal facilities that serve local households and businesses. The availability of these services can save tax dollars through a reduction in health care costs, improve the natural environment, and help manufacturers and businesses locate or expand operations in rural areas. As the only federal water and waste disposal program solely focused on rural America, this funding is crucial to ensure that rural communities have access to the clean water and waste disposal services they need and deserve.

Extracted from Rural Utilities Service, p. 12. Verbatim; nothing here is paraphrased.

Contracts funded by this line

398 linked contracts. These are obligations — lifetime awarded money — and they are not comparable to the request above and are never added to it. No total is shown: an award linked to several lines is counted in full on each, so the sum would not be a fact.

Showing 8 of 398 — most confidently matched first, largest within a confidence tier. These are not necessarily the largest 8.

Confidence mix · 398 medium

Linked contracts are a floor, not a census. Coverage is bounded by how distinctively a program is named and, for performer links, to RDT&E and Procurement — O&M and military construction publish no performers. Budget figures are FY2027 request dollars; contract figures are obligations. The two measure different things and must never be summed together.

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