Sec. 103. Assistance for disadvantaged communities without adequate drinking water
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The Secretary shall provide grants within the Reclamation States to assist eligible applicants in planning, designing, or carrying out projects to help disadvantaged communities— meet the primary drinking water standards set by the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.); or address a significant decline in the quantity or quality of drinking water. To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an applicant shall submit an application to the Secretary that includes a proposal of the project or activity in subsection
(c)to be planned, designed, constructed, or implemented, the service area of which— shall not be located in any city or town with a population of more than 60,000 residents; and has a median household income of less than 100 percent of the nonmetropolitan median household income of the State. Projects eligible for grants under this program may be used for— emergency water supplies; point-of-use treatment and point-of-entry systems; distributed treatment facilities; construction of new wells and connections to existing water source systems; water distribution facilities; connection fees to existing systems; assistance to households to connect to water facilities; local resource sharing, including voluntary agreements between water systems to jointly contract for services or equipment, or to study or implement the physical consolidation of 2 or more water systems; technical assistance, planning, and design for any of the activities described in paragraphs
(1)through (8); or any combination of activities described in paragraphs
(1)through (9). In determining priorities for funding projects, the Secretary shall take into consideration— where water outages or the failure to meet drinking water standards— are most serious; and pose the greatest threat to public health and safety; the degree to which the project provides a long-term solution to the water needs of the community; and whether the applicant has the ability to qualify for alternative funding sources. The amount of a grant provided under this section may be up to 100 percent of costs, including— initial operation costs incurred for startup and testing of project facilities; costs of components to ensure such facilities and components are properly operational; and costs of operation or maintenance incurred subsequent to placing the facilities or components into service. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $100,000,000, to remain available until expended. In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to identify opportunities to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and impact of grants provided under this section and under comparable programs that address water and wastewater supply, quality, and treatment needs in disadvantaged communities.
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