Wastewater Financial Module

The EFC developed financial modules for communities threatened and/or impacted by adverse environmental conditions. There is a module for each of three community components—Water, Wastewater and Solid Waste. These modules focus on the financial information needed to help a community with the decision of whether to defend and adapt-in-place, or instead to relocate. First, each module consists of questions for a community to consider that help in the decision-making process. The Drinking Water and Wastewater modules also include online resources to help answer the questions, including federal and state agency resources for Alaska, Oregon and Washington. Last, each module includes example budget templates in spreadsheet documents to help with estimating costs for the different scenarios, and an online inflation calculator to update budget estimates developed in prior years.

Questions to consider and resources
First there are overall, general questions to consider and resource materials to help answer the questions. These may be specific to the type of utility or facility, such as drinking water, or general so that they can be used for any type of utility or facility. This is followed by four scenarios that a community may want to consider, and example budget templates in a spreadsheet format to assist in beginning to estimate the cost of one or more of these scenarios.
Scenario 1: Defend and adapt in place
This includes considerations and planning for existing utilities and facilities, such as restoration, renovation and/or expansion of an existing facility.
Scenario 2: Relocate to a new land base
This scenario includes considerations and planning for site close-out and clean-up costs at the current location, and where needed, questions and resources for the planning and construction of new facilities and utilities.
Scenario 3: Relocate to an existing community
While this scenario may simpler than the others, there are still questions to consider, and planning to be done.
Scenario 4: Do nothing
Lastly, if a community cannot choose one of the previous options, then what must be considered and prepared for while the residents stay in place.
Example budget templates and inflation calculator

Questions to consider and resources

Wastewater Specific

(Can be used for other infrastructure components as well.)

Throughout the following questions, the term “wastewater facility” is meant to include all the aspects of wastewater collection, storage, and treatment. For instance, the collection system may include piping, mobile septic vacuum truck, self-haul, etc. Storage may include septic tanks, above ground storage tanks (‘dog house’), sewage lagoons.

Is your community wastewater system at risk of being affected by sea level rise, coastal erosion, or upland flooding?

https://toolkit.climate.gov/tool/northwest-climate-toolbox

https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sltrends/sltrends.html

https://19january2017snapshot.epa.gov/climate-impacts/climate-impacts-northwest_.html

https://19january2017snapshot.epa.gov/climate-impacts/climate-impacts-alaska_.html

https://coast.noaa.gov/slr/#/layer/slr/0/-11581024.663779823/5095888.569004184/4/satellite/none/0.8/2050/interHigh/midAccretion

https://msc.fema.gov/portal/home

Does your wastewater facility flood?

https://www.epa.gov/waterutilityresponse/build-flood-resilience-your-water-utility

Which of these has your wastewater system been impacted by? (1) Damages due to land subsidence; 2) Degradation of underground utility; (3) Saltwater intrusion into river or creek, groundwater and estuaries; (4) Sewage overflow; (5) Inundation of low-lying treatment facilities.
Is your wastewater facility impacted by other erosion?
Can your wastewater facility be protected by a barrier?
Is your wastewater facility in an area that could be impacted by other environmental events?

https://19january2017snapshot.epa.gov/climate-impacts/climate-impacts-northwest_.html

https://19january2017snapshot.epa.gov/climate-impacts/climate-impacts-alaska_.html

https://coast.noaa.gov/slr/#/layer/slr/0/-11581024.663779823/5095888.569004184/4/satellite/none/0.8/2050/interHigh/midAccretion

https://msc.fema.gov/portal/home

https://www.fema.gov/hazus-mh-user-technical-manuals

https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sltrends/sltrends.shtml

Has a vulnerability assessment been completed?

https://www.epa.gov/waterriskassessment/conduct-drinking-water-or-wastewater-utility-risk-assessment

https://www.washington-apa.org/assets/docs/2015/Ten_Big_Ideas/cc-vulnerability-assessments.pdf

Do you have a hazard mitigation plan?

https://www.fema.gov/hazard-mitigation-planning

https://www.fema.gov/pre-disaster-mitigation-grant-program

Do you have an emergency response plan?

http://www.rcapsolutions.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Emergency-Response-Planning-Template-for-Public-Wastewater-S.pdf

https://toolkit.climate.gov/#steps

Do you have funding to develop infrastructure to mitigate sea level rise and erosion?

https://www.cpo.noaa.gov/Grants

https://www.fema.gov/public-assistance-local-state-tribal-and-non-profit#

Other resources

https://www.rcap.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/RCAP-Getting-Your-Project-to-Flow-Smoothly.pdf

Scenario 1: Defend in place

1.1 Do you have a wastewater system plan in place?

https://www.epa.gov/npdes-permits/idaho-npdes-permits

https://www.oregon.gov/deq/wq/wqpermits/Pages/All-Permits-Applications.aspx

https://apps.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=173-221&full=true#173-221-040

https://ecology.wa.gov/Water-Shorelines/Water-quality/Wastewater/Discharge-standards-limits

https://dec.alaska.gov/water/wastewater/permit-entry

1.2 Do you know who to contact in a wastewater emergency?

1.3 Do you know what to do for a wastewater spill or accidental discharge?

https://dec.alaska.gov/water/wastewater/engineering/sewage-spill-cleanup/

https://www.doh.wa.gov/Emergencies/BePreparedBeSafe/SevereWeatherandNaturalDisasters/SewageSpillsCleaningThemUp

https://www.oregon.gov/deq/wq/wqpermits/Pages/Forms.aspx

https://www.oregon.gov/deq/FilterPermitsDocs/SSOReportFormF.pdf

1.4 Contact County Onsite Agent: https://www.oregon.gov/deq/Residential/Pages/Onsite-Contacts.aspx

https://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/Health/HealthDistricts/tabid/97/Default.aspx

1.5 Do you have operations permits in place?

https://dec.alaska.gov/water/wastewater

https://www.epa.gov/npdes-permits/idaho-npdes-permits

https://www.oregon.gov/deq/wq/wqpermits/Pages/default.aspx

https://ecology.wa.gov/Water-Shorelines/Water-quality/Water-quality-permits

1.6 Do you have a certified operator?

https://dec.alaska.gov/Applications/Water/OpCert/Home.aspx?p=OperatorSearch

https://dec.alaska.gov/water/operator-certification

https://www.oregon.gov/deq/wq/wqpermits/Pages/Wastewater-Operator-Certification.aspx

https://ecology.wa.gov/Regulations-Permits/Permits-certifications/Wastewater-operator-certification

1.7 Do you have an Operations and Maintenance Plan?

https://apps.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=173-240-150

https://dec.alaska.gov/water/technical-assistance-and-financing/best-practices/

1.8 Can you pay for Operations & Maintenance (O&M) of a wastewater facility?

1.9 Do you know who to contact for technical, operational or managerial assistance?

https://www.epa.gov/small-and-rural-wastewater-systems

https://www.rcac.org/

https://www.doh.wa.gov/AboutUs/ProgramsandServices/EnvironmentalPublicHealth/EnvironmentalHealthandSafety/WastewaterManagement

https://dec.alaska.gov/water/wastewater/domestic/

https://www.oregon.gov/deq/wq/programs/Pages/Biosolids-Assistance.aspx

1.10 Do you have an adaptation strategy? An adaptation strategy is an individual measure, such as elevating development, that reduces the impacts of sea level rise, flooding, or coastal erosion. An action scenario is a compilation of one or more of these strategies.

https://www.georgetownclimate.org/adaptation/featured.html

https://toolkit.climate.gov/help/partners

https://toolkit.climate.gov/content/funding-opportunities

1.11 Have new policies been developed to adopt an adaptation strategy?

https://toolkit.climate.gov/

http://deq.idaho.gov/water-quality/planning/

https://dec.alaska.gov/climate-change/

https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/publications/1201004.pdf

https://www.epa.gov/arc-x/strategies-climate-change-adaptation

https://www.epa.gov/arc-x/your-climate-adaptation-search

https://www.oregon.gov/energy/Data-and-Reports/Documents/BER-Chapter-5-Resilience.pdf

https://toolkit.climate.gov/content/federal-agency-coordination

1.12 Do you know what type of new wastewater infrastructure you will need (storage, collection, treatment, and/or disposal)?

1.13 Do you have the administrative capacity to manage a wastewater facility? If not, is there another entity that does (tribe, city, regional consortium, health corporation, Indian Health Services)?

1.14 Do you have ownership or right of use (easements) for the new location (source, treatment, distribution)?

1.15 Will you have legal access to all facilities?

1.16 Is the access passable?

1.17 Do you know what planning and construction funding is available?

https://www.epa.gov/wifia

https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/water-waste-disposal-loan-grant-program

https://www.epa.gov/small-and-rural-wastewater-systems/funding-sources-small-and-rural-wastewater-systems

https://www.epa.gov/cwsrf

https://www.epa.gov/small-and-rural-wastewater-systems/alaska-native-villages-and-rural-communities-water-grant-program

https://www.epa.gov/small-and-rural-wastewater-systems/guidelines-alaska-native-villages-and-rural-communities-water

https://www.oregon.gov/deq/wq/programs/Pages/DWP-Funding.aspx

http://deq.idaho.gov/water-quality/grants-loans/

https://toolkit.climate.gov/tool/tribal-climate-change-guide

https://www.fema.gov/public-assistance-local-state-tribal-and-non-profit#

1.18 Do you have engineering assistance?

https://www.rcap.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/RCAP-Getting-Your-Project-to-Flow-Smoothly.pdf

https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2006/07/10/focus7.html

1.19 Can any existing facilities be moved to the location system?

1.20 Do you have construction permits in place?

1.21 If you do not have permits do you know who to contact?

https://www.doh.wa.gov/CommunityandEnvironment/WastewaterManagement

https://ecology.wa.gov/Water-Shorelines/Water-quality/Wastewater

https://www.deq.state.or.us/wq/sisdata/sisdata.asp

https://www.epa.gov/npdes-permits/about-region-10s-npdes-permit-program

https://www.epa.gov/small-and-rural-wastewater-systems

https://www.epa.gov/npdes/municipal-wastewater

Scenario 2: Relocate to new land base

2.1 Do you have a wastewater system plan in place?

https://www.epa.gov/npdes-permits/idaho-npdes-permits

https://www.oregon.gov/deq/wq/wqpermits/Pages/All-Permits-Applications.aspx

https://apps.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=173-221&full=true#173-221-040

https://ecology.wa.gov/Water-Shorelines/Water-quality/Wastewater/Discharge-standards-limits

https://dec.alaska.gov/water/wastewater/permit-entry

2.2 Do you know who to contact in a wastewater emergency?

2.3 Do you know what to do for a wastewater spill or accidental discharge?

https://dec.alaska.gov/water/wastewater/engineering/sewage-spill-cleanup/

https://www.doh.wa.gov/Emergencies/BePreparedBeSafe/SevereWeatherandNaturalDisasters/SewageSpillsCleaningThemUp

https://www.oregon.gov/deq/wq/wqpermits/Pages/Forms.aspx

https://www.oregon.gov/deq/FilterPermitsDocs/SSOReportFormF.pdf

2.4 Contact County Onsite Agent: https://www.oregon.gov/deq/Residential/Pages/Onsite-Contacts.aspx

https://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/Health/HealthDistricts/tabid/97/Default.aspx

2.5 Do you have operations permits in place?

https://dec.alaska.gov/water/wastewater

https://www.epa.gov/npdes-permits/idaho-npdes-permits

https://www.oregon.gov/deq/wq/wqpermits/Pages/default.aspx

https://ecology.wa.gov/Water-Shorelines/Water-quality/Water-quality-permits

2.6 Do you have a certified operator?

https://dec.alaska.gov/Applications/Water/OpCert/Home.aspx?p=OperatorSearch

https://dec.alaska.gov/water/operator-certification

https://www.oregon.gov/deq/wq/wqpermits/Pages/Wastewater-Operator-Certification.aspx

https://ecology.wa.gov/Regulations-Permits/Permits-certifications/Wastewater-operator-certification

2.7 Do you have an Operations and Maintenance Plan?

https://apps.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=173-240-150

https://dec.alaska.gov/water/technical-assistance-and-financing/best-practices/

2.8 Can you pay for Operations & Maintenance (O&M) of a wastewater facility?

2.9 Do you know who to contact for technical, operational or managerial assistance?

https://www.epa.gov/small-and-rural-wastewater-systems

https://www.rcac.org/

https://www.doh.wa.gov/AboutUs/ProgramsandServices/EnvironmentalPublicHealth/EnvironmentalHealthandSafety/WastewaterManagement

https://dec.alaska.gov/water/wastewater/domestic/

https://www.oregon.gov/deq/wq/programs/Pages/Biosolids-Assistance.aspx

2.10 Do you have a relocation plan?

https://toolkit.climate.gov/tool/seven-generations%E2%80%94community-based-environmental-planning

https://toolkit.climate.gov/help/partners

https://toolkit.climate.gov/content/funding-opportunities

2.11 Do you know what type of new wastewater infrastructure you will need (storage, collection, treatment, and/or disposal)?

2.12 Do you have the administrative capacity to manage a wastewater facility? If not, is there another entity that does (tribe, city, regional consortium, health corporation, Indian Health Services)?

2.13 Do you have ownership or right of use (easements) for the new location (source, treatment, distribution)?

2.14 Will you have legal access to all facilities?

2.15 Is the access passable?

2.16 Do you know what planning and construction funding is available?

https://www.epa.gov/wifia

https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/water-waste-disposal-loan-grant-program

https://www.epa.gov/small-and-rural-wastewater-systems/funding-sources-small-and-rural-wastewater-systems

https://www.epa.gov/cwsrf

https://www.epa.gov/small-and-rural-wastewater-systems/alaska-native-villages-and-rural-communities-water-grant-program

https://www.epa.gov/small-and-rural-wastewater-systems/guidelines-alaska-native-villages-and-rural-communities-water

https://www.oregon.gov/deq/wq/programs/Pages/DWP-Funding.aspx

http://deq.idaho.gov/water-quality/grants-loans/

https://www.fema.gov/public-assistance-local-state-tribal-and-non-profit#

2.17 Do you have engineering assistance?

https://www.rcap.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/RCAP-Getting-Your-Project-to-Flow-Smoothly.pdf

https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2006/07/10/focus7.html

2.18 Can any existing facilities be moved to the location system?

2.19 Do you have construction permits in place?

2.20 If you do not have permits do you know who to contact?

https://www.doh.wa.gov/CommunityandEnvironment/WastewaterManagement

https://ecology.wa.gov/Water-Shorelines/Water-quality/Wastewater

https://www.deq.state.or.us/wq/sisdata/sisdata.asp

https://www.epa.gov/npdes-permits/about-region-10s-npdes-permit-program

http://dec.alaska.gov/water/wastewater.aspx

https://www.epa.gov/small-and-rural-wastewater-systems

https://www.epa.gov/npdes/municipal-wastewater

Scenario 3: Relocate to existing community

3.1 Is there an existing wastewater system?

3.2 Will the existing system need to be expanded to accommodate additional community members?

3.3 Can the existing system be expanded?

3.4 Do you know who to contact for technical, operational or managerial assistance?

https://www.epa.gov/small-and-rural-wastewater-systems

https://www.rcac.org/

https://www.doh.wa.gov/AboutUs/ProgramsandServices/EnvironmentalPublicHealth/EnvironmentalHealthandSafety/WastewaterManagement

https://dec.alaska.gov/water/wastewater/domestic/

https://www.oregon.gov/deq/wq/programs/Pages/Biosolids-Assistance.aspx

3.5 Do you MOA/MOU’s in place?

https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/ncccp/doc/SampleMOATemplate.doc

https://legistarweb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/pdf/117081/MOU_-_Shared_Service_and_Use_Agreement_-_DRAFT.pdf

https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/dcra/LocalGovernmentResourceDesk/Administration/AgreementsBetweenGovernmentsandNon-profits.aspx

https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/Portals/4/pub/MOAnulato.doc

http://www.cawh.org/home/showdocument?id=340

https://www.maplevalleywa.gov/home/showdocument?id=940

3.6 Does the existing system have a wastewater system plan in place?

https://www.epa.gov/npdes-permits/idaho-npdes-permits

https://www.oregon.gov/deq/wq/wqpermits/Pages/All-Permits-Applications.aspx

https://apps.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=173-221&full=true#173-221-040

https://ecology.wa.gov/Water-Shorelines/Water-quality/Wastewater/Discharge-standards-limits

https://dec.alaska.gov/water/wastewater/permit-entry

3.7 Does the existing system know who to contact in a wastewater emergency?

3.8 Do you know what to do for a wastewater spill or accidental discharge?

https://dec.alaska.gov/water/wastewater

https://www.epa.gov/npdes-permits/idaho-npdes-permits

https://www.oregon.gov/deq/wq/wqpermits/Pages/default.aspx

https://ecology.wa.gov/Water-Shorelines/Water-quality/Water-quality-permits

3.9 Does the existing system have operations permits in place?

https://dec.alaska.gov/water/wastewater

https://www.epa.gov/npdes-permits/idaho-npdes-permits

https://www.oregon.gov/deq/wq/wqpermits/Pages/default.aspx

https://ecology.wa.gov/Water-Shorelines/Water-quality/Water-quality-permits

3.10 Does the existing system have a certified operator?

https://dec.alaska.gov/Applications/Water/OpCert/Home.aspx?p=OperatorSearch

https://dec.alaska.gov/water/operator-certification

https://www.oregon.gov/deq/wq/wqpermits/Pages/Wastewater-Operator-Certification.aspx

https://ecology.wa.gov/Regulations-Permits/Permits-certifications/Wastewater-operator-certification

3.11 Do you have an Operations and Maintenance Plan?

https://apps.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=173-240-150

https://dec.alaska.gov/water/technical-assistance-and-financing/best-practices/

3.12 Can the existing system pay for current Operations & Maintenance (O&M) of a wastewater facility?

3.13 Do you have a relocation plan?

https://toolkit.climate.gov/tool/seven-generations%E2%80%94community-based-environmental-planning

https://toolkit.climate.gov/help/partners

https://toolkit.climate.gov/content/funding-opportunities

3.14 What will be the additional monthly costs to operate and maintain the system after adding the additional community members or households?

3.15 If a new wastewater facility is needed, do you know what type of new wastewater infrastructure you will need (storage, collection, treatment, and/or disposal)?

3.16 Do you know what type of new wastewater infrastructure you will need (storage, collection, treatment, and/or disposal)?

3.17 Does the existing community have the administrative capacity to manage a wastewater facility? If not, is there another entity that does (tribe, city, regional consortium, health corporation, Indian Health Services)?

3.18 Does the existing community have ownership or right of use (easements) for expanding (storage, collection, treatment, distribution)?

3.19 Will you have legal access to all facilities?

3.20 Is the access passable?

3.21 Do you know what planning and construction funding is available?

https://www.epa.gov/wifia

https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/water-waste-disposal-loan-grant-program

https://www.epa.gov/small-and-rural-wastewater-systems/funding-sources-small-and-rural-wastewater-systems

https://www.epa.gov/cwsrf

https://www.epa.gov/small-and-rural-wastewater-systems/alaska-native-villages-and-rural-communities-water-grant-program

https://www.epa.gov/small-and-rural-wastewater-systems/guidelines-alaska-native-villages-and-rural-communities-water

https://www.oregon.gov/deq/wq/programs/Pages/DWP-Funding.aspx

http://deq.idaho.gov/water-quality/grants-loans/

https://www.fema.gov/public-assistance-local-state-tribal-and-non-profit#

3.22 Do you have engineering assistance?

https://www.rcap.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/RCAP-Getting-Your-Project-to-Flow-Smoothly.pdf

https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2006/07/10/focus7.html

3.23 Can any existing facilities be moved to the location system?

3.24 Do you have construction permits in place?

3.25 If you do not have permits do you know who to contact?

https://www.doh.wa.gov/CommunityandEnvironment/WastewaterManagement

https://ecology.wa.gov/Water-Shorelines/Water-quality/Wastewater

https://www.deq.state.or.us/wq/sisdata/sisdata.asp

https://www.epa.gov/npdes-permits/about-region-10s-npdes-permit-program

https://www.epa.gov/small-and-rural-wastewater-systems

https://www.epa.gov/npdes/municipal-wastewater

Scenario 4: “Do nothing”

4.1 Do you know what type of wastewater infrastructure you have (storage, collection, treatment, and/or disposal)?

4.2 Do you have a wastewater system plan in place?

https://www.epa.gov/npdes-permits/idaho-npdes-permits

https://www.oregon.gov/deq/wq/wqpermits/Pages/All-Permits-Applications.aspx

https://apps.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=173-221&full=true#173-221-040

https://ecology.wa.gov/Water-Shorelines/Water-quality/Wastewater/Discharge-standards-limits

https://dec.alaska.gov/water/wastewater/permit-entry

4.3 Do you know who to contact in a wastewater emergency?

4.4 Do you know what to do for a wastewater spill or accidental discharge?

https://dec.alaska.gov/water/wastewater/engineering/sewage-spill-cleanup/

https://www.doh.wa.gov/Emergencies/BePreparedBeSafe/SevereWeatherandNaturalDisasters/SewageSpillsCleaningThemUp

https://www.oregon.gov/deq/wq/wqpermits/Pages/Forms.aspx

https://www.oregon.gov/deq/FilterPermitsDocs/SSOReportFormF.pdf

4.5 Contact County Onsite Agent: https://www.oregon.gov/deq/Residential/Pages/Onsite-Contacts.aspx

https://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/Health/HealthDistricts/tabid/97/Default.aspx

4.6 Do you have an Operations and Maintenance Plan?

https://apps.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=173-240-150

https://dec.alaska.gov/water/technical-assistance-and-financing/best-practices/

4.7 Do you have operations permits in place?

https://dec.alaska.gov/water/wastewater

https://www.epa.gov/npdes-permits/idaho-npdes-permits

https://www.oregon.gov/deq/wq/wqpermits/Pages/default.aspx

https://ecology.wa.gov/Water-Shorelines/Water-quality/Water-quality-permits

4.8 Do you have a certified operator?

https://dec.alaska.gov/Applications/Water/OpCert/Home.aspx?p=OperatorSearch

https://dec.alaska.gov/water/operator-certification

https://www.oregon.gov/deq/wq/wqpermits/Pages/Wastewater-Operator-Certification.aspx

https://ecology.wa.gov/Regulations-Permits/Permits-certifications/Wastewater-operator-certification

4.9 Can you pay for Operations & Maintenance (O&M) of a wastewater facility?

4.10 Do you know who to contact for technical, operational or managerial assistance?

https://www.epa.gov/small-and-rural-wastewater-systems

https://www.rcac.org/

https://www.doh.wa.gov/AboutUs/ProgramsandServices/EnvironmentalPublicHealth/EnvironmentalHealthandSafety/WastewaterManagement

https://dec.alaska.gov/water/wastewater/domestic/

https://www.oregon.gov/deq/wq/programs/Pages/Biosolids-Assistance.aspx

4.11 Do you know what type of new wastewater infrastructure you will need (storage, collection, treatment, and/or disposal)?

4.12 Do you have the administrative capacity to manage a wastewater facility? If not, is there another entity that does (tribe, city, regional consortium, health corporation, Indian Health Services)?

4.13 Do you have ownership or right of use (easements) for the new location (source, treatment, distribution)?

4.14 Will you have legal access to all facilities?

4.15 Is the access passable?

4.16 Do you know what planning and construction funding is available?

https://www.epa.gov/wifia

https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/water-waste-disposal-loan-grant-program

https://www.epa.gov/small-and-rural-wastewater-systems/funding-sources-small-and-rural-wastewater-systems

https://www.epa.gov/cwsrf

https://www.epa.gov/small-and-rural-wastewater-systems/alaska-native-villages-and-rural-communities-water-grant-program

https://www.epa.gov/small-and-rural-wastewater-systems/guidelines-alaska-native-villages-and-rural-communities-water

https://www.oregon.gov/deq/wq/programs/Pages/DWP-Funding.aspx

http://deq.idaho.gov/water-quality/grants-loans/