Provides technical assistance funding to small disadvantaged communities for drinking water, wastewater, stormwater, and groundwater projects. Activities include project coordination, engineering analysis, legal and financial assistance, leak detection, compliance audits, and training. Prioritizes small systems under 10,000 population with low income and those out of compliance or impacted by drought or contamination. Stormwater assistance is currently paused.
Eligible applicants are small disadvantaged communities with populations under 10,000 and median household income below 80% of the statewide median. Exceptions for larger communities considered case-by-case. Priority given to systems out of compliance or with specific needs.
