Household Water Well & Septic System Loans

RCAC’s programs and services deliver solutions to complex community needs. Our local presence allows us to develop partnerships with communities to identify needs, set goals, and select the best options to meet those goals. RCAC and our partners provide the tools to create change and growth, but the communities chart their own course. Collaboration, plus community effort will equal community change. How can we help you?

RCAC’s Loan Fund is a financial resource for rural communities. The Loan Fund fills financing gaps and serves in unconventional markets. We offer loans for affordable housing development, environmental infrastructure, community facilities and small businesses in rural locations.

Decent housing, safe drinking water, education, financing, jobs, community facilities, leadership, families are the many facets to RCAC's work.

RCAC expands the knowledge base of the rural public through education and training. Our training expertise is in technical, financial, and administrative issues that affect rural communities. We take great pride in our professional trainer team's capacity and effectiveness. Our trainers maximize audience participation to keep trainings relevant and memorable.

RCAC's news and publications are a compilation of timely news, announcements and accomplishments produced for the rural development world.

Sub-standard housing and poverty are commonplace in low-income rural communities. Many of these communities also face daunting challenges to access safe, clean drinking water and to develop other vital infrastructure. These issues are often overlooked in policy because rural communities lack the resources, training or social networks that are found in urban areas. Learn how you can advocate for the under-served population in the West.

Founded in 1978, RCAC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that partners with underserved rural and Indigenous communities to achieve their vision and well being through technical assistance, training, financial resources and advocacy. For more than 45 years, our dedicated staff and active board, coupled with our key values: leadership, collaboration, commitment, quality and integrity, have helped effect positive change in rural communities across the West. Learn more about who we are and how we operate.

Household Water Well & Septic System Loan/Grant Programs

Household Water Well & Septic System Loan/Grant Program

Low interest rate loan/grant program to assist individual households in the refurbishing, replacement or construction of a household water well or septic system.

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Clean Drinking Water Well Replacement Program

Grant program to assist individual households and small water systems (less than 15 connections) in California to address drought related drinking water emergencies. This grant program is supported by a grant from the California State Water Resources Control Board.

To talk to a loan officer about this program, please call 1-855-979-7322.

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Free comprehensive well assessments and educational resources

RCAC, in partnership with the National Environmental Health Association, University of Illinois, National Groundwater Association and the Water System Council, provides free well assessments and educational resources for private well owners, not regulated by SDWA.

Free private well class

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What’s in your water? Find out in this free well care class. Learn by email, audio or video! The training is a collaboration between the Rural Community Assistance Partnership and the University of Illinois.