FOA-Rural
Utility Service (RUS); November 4, 2020
Agency
US
Department of Agriculture
Description
The
U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Technical Assistance and Training for
Innovative Regional Wastewater Treatment Solutions (TAT/RWTS) Grant Pilot
Program is to assist communities with wastewater systems. Qualified regional
consortiums will receive TAT/RWTS grant funds to identify and evaluate
economically feasible, innovative regional solutions to wastewater treatment
concerns for historically impoverished communities in areas which have had
difficulty installing traditional wastewater treatment systems due to soil
conditions. Grants are for wastewater-related technical assistance, including
such services as feasibility studies, preliminary design assistance and
supervision, oversight, or training for the development of an application for
financial assistance. The goal of the TAT/RWTS Grant Pilot Program is to
find regional solutions to longstanding wastewater treatment problems where soil
conditions make traditional wastewater treatment ineffective and economically
unfeasible. Grant funds must be used to identify and evaluate economically
feasible innovative regional solutions to wastewater treatment concerns for
historically impoverished rural communities in areas which have had difficulty
installing traditional wastewater treatment systems due to soil
conditions.
Grantees
will be expected to provide the Agency with a detailed report to include the
area to be served, the issues with the present method of wastewater discharge,
the alternatives and innovative solutions to the wastewater issue, the long-term
cost and effect of the solution, the affordability including possible funding
sources, potential treatment, staff training needs, and lifecycle cost
analysis. Eligible entities would include a consortium of regional
institutions of higher education, academic health and research institutes, or
economic development entities located in the region identified to be served that
have experience in addressing these issues in the region. The consortium must
include a regional university, or the proposed scope of work must include
coordinating with a regional university, to solve untreated raw sewage issues
with innovative technologies and strategic management and regulatory
models.
Announcement
Number
TAT-RWTS-PILOT
Closing
Date
November
4, 2020
Link
to Full Announcement
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=328604
Contact
Information
Lois
East
660-492-4268
lois.east@usda.gov