Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant Program
Recovery Goals
The goals of the Water and Environmental Program (WEP) are to provide funding for water and waste disposal systems in rural areas. The funding results in an improved quality of life for rural residents while creating and saving jobs in rural communities. The specific Recovery Act goals are:
- 10% of project funding for investment in persistent poverty counties
- 1.9 million customers receiving new or improved service
- To reduce rural people’s exposure to water-related health and safety hazards (based on projects funded that will remove an identified health and safety hazard), by 6%
- 56,000 jobs created or saved (based on multiplier).
Performance Measurements
| Program | Outcome | Output/Measure | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Direct Water and Waste Disposal Loans and Grants | Improved water systems in persistent poverty counties | 10% of project funding for investment in persistent poverty counties | 11.49% |
| Direct Water and Waste Disposal Loans and Grants | Customers receive new or improved water system service | 1.9 million customers receiving new or improved service | 1,719,215 |
| Direct Water and Waste Disposal Loans and Grants | Reduce rural populations’ potential for water-borne illness | Rural people’s exposure to water-related health and safety hazards reduced by 6% | 6.29% |
| Direct Water and Waste Disposal Loans and Grants | Create economic opportunity in rural America | 56,000 jobs created or saved | 66,141.5 |
| Rural Water Circuit Rider Program | Improved water system operations through technical assistance | 3,000 or more Circuit Rider visits per month | 3,083 (As of Aug 2010) |
Funding
RD ARRA Program Funding*
| Total RD Program-Level ARRA Funding: | $21,482,204,278 |
| WEP Program-Level ARRA Funding: | $3,271,476,341 |
WEP ARRA Obligated Funds
| WEP Program-Level ARRA Funding*: | $3,271,476,341 |
| Obligated: | $3,271,300,435 |
*Note: Funding has been calculated based on a budget authority using conversion rates for loans, grants, and loan/grant combinations.
WEP ARRA Obligated Projects
| Number of WEP ARRA Projects: | 854 |
| Number of States and Territories Awarded: | 51 |
| From: | To: | |
|---|---|---|
 |
$0 | $0 |
 |
$1 | $29,682,846 |
 |
$29,682,847 | $52,348,599 |
 |
$52,348,600 | $91,413,999 |
 |
$91,414,000 | $257,191,000 |
| State | Number of WEP ARRA Grants | Number of WEP ARRA Loans | Funding Obligated |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 5 | 7 | $24,328,000 | |
| Alaska | 4 | 0 | $5,273,000 | |
| American Samoa | 0 | 0 | $- | |
| Arizona | 6 | 4 | $28,351,511 | |
| Arkansas | 13 | 18 | $91,414,000 | |
| California | 12 | 25 | $134,078,750 | |
| Colorado | 4 | 4 | $14,302,700 | |
| Connecticut | 6 | 7 | $40,449,203 | |
| Delaware | 3 | 6 | $29,682,847 | |
| Florida | 10 | 11 | $56,403,260 | |
| Georgia | 5 | 7 | $56,348,500 | |
| Guam | 0 | 0 | $- | |
| Hawaii | 2 | 2 | $1,728,800 | |
| Idaho | 7 | 9 | $30,382,000 | |
| Illinois | 13 | 21 | $38,896,000 | |
| Indiana | 18 | 31 | $112,879,500 | |
| Iowa | 12 | 16 | $35,375,400 | |
| Kansas | 18 | 26 | $61,630,900 | |
| Kentucky | 27 | 30 | $92,891,600 | |
| Louisiana | 5 | 11 | $29,061,038 | |
| Maine | 32 | 32 | $46,263,000 | |
| Maryland | 9 | 13 | $68,254,197 | |
| Massachusetts | 12 | 12 | $76,604,520 | |
| Michigan | 41 | 63 | $257,191,000 | |
| Minnesota | 23 | 27 | $84,702,000 | |
| Mississippi | 13 | 20 | $39,273,467 | |
| Missouri | 35 | 40 | $97,935,374 | |
| Montana | 9 | 12 | $26,050,600 | |
| State | Number of WEP ARRA Grants | Number of WEP ARRA Loans | Funding Obligated |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | 5 | 11 | $14,483,600 | |
| Nevada | 2 | 4 | $10,858,580 | |
| New Hampshire | 8 | 8 | $50,933,000 | |
| New Jersey | 10 | 11 | $37,198,247 | |
| New Mexico | 5 | 6 | $32,460,524 | |
| New York | 43 | 52 | $128,513,055 | |
| North Carolina | 22 | 30 | $128,246,750 | |
| North Dakota | 7 | 15 | $39,091,310 | |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 0 | 0 | $- | |
| Ohio | 13 | 15 | $77,888,000 | |
| Oklahoma | 9 | 15 | $70,859,790 | |
| Oregon | 6 | 9 | $66,813,750 | |
| Pennsylvania | 9 | 34 | $198,956,110 | |
| Puerto Rico | 5 | 6 | $33,883,642 | |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 1 | $681,000 | |
| South Carolina | 18 | 26 | $143,107,100 | |
| South Dakota | 29 | 35 | $57,299,000 | |
| Tennessee | 36 | 38 | $52,348,600 | |
| Texas | 12 | 22 | $93,417,460 | |
| Utah | 4 | 5 | $18,206,436 | |
| Vermont | 9 | 9 | $35,633,300 | |
| Virgin Islands | 0 | 0 | $- | |
| Virginia | 18 | 32 | $125,333,600 | |
| Washington | 6 | 16 | $93,658,814 | |
| West Virginia | 33 | 31 | $102,998,500 | |
| Wisconsin | 23 | 26 | $62,987,100 | |
| Wyoming | 1 | 1 | $1,412,000 | |