Calendar Year 2022 Disaster Water Grants supports communities by awarding grant funds to qualified entities for expenses related to water infrastructure systems in designated areas that were impacted by events occurring during calendar year 2022 and recognized through presidentially declared disasters. The programme is administered by the Rural Utilities Service under Assistance Listing 10.760 – Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities.

Overview

The grant is intended both to repair damage and to develop system capacity and resiliency in order to reduce or eliminate long‑term risks from future events. Water infrastructure systems covered include drinking water, wastewater, solid waste, and stormwater projects serving eligible communities. Adequate documentation must be provided to demonstrate impacts to the water infrastructure systems.

Eligibility

• Eligible applicants include a public body, an organization operated on a not‑for‑profit basis, a tribe, or a prefabricated home organization operating an eligible community‑based system.
• Non‑tribal applicants proposing to serve tribes and tribal areas should have the support of those tribes, either in the form of a tribal resolution or a letter of support for the project impacting their communities.
• Each applicant must be eligible to receive and administer a federal grant under federal law.
• Applicants must have or will obtain the legal authority necessary for owning, constructing, operating, and maintaining the facility or service to be repaired or replaced, and for issuing security for the proposed grant.
• Applicants must be responsible for operating, maintaining, and managing the facility, and for providing for its continued availability and use at reasonable user rates and charges. This responsibility remains even if the facility is operated, maintained, or managed by a third party under contract or management agreement.
• Applicants must demonstrate that they possess the technical, managerial, and financial capability necessary to consistently comply with pertinent federal and state laws and requirements.
• Applicants must have no delinquent debt to the federal government and no outstanding judgments to repay a federal debt.

Application Process

Applications must be submitted electronically through RD Apply at https://rdapply.sc.egov.usda.gov/. The posting on Grants.gov is informational only; applicants should apply directly via the RD Apply system. The opportunity number is RD‑RUS‑CY22DISASTER. No cost sharing or matching is required. Funding instrument type is grant, and the opportunity is discretionary.

Deadline and Timeline

Closing: June 11, 2026. Applications will be accepted continuously until funds are exhausted.

Contact Information

Grantor: Angela Tilghman
Phone: 302‑857‑3598
Email: Water-RD@usda.gov

Additional information is available on the program website: https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/water-environmental-programs/calendar-year-2022-disaster-water-grants-program