Project Challenges

• Small, rural communities with limited budgetary resources in need of water system improvements to replace aging and deteriorating infrastructure and equipment, develop new water sources and achieve compliance with ever-tightened regulatory agency requirements
• District representatives with little experience with USDA Rural Development or State funding processes
• Funding applications require specific environmental documents

Solutions and Successes

• Funding opportunities in the form of affordable grants and loans for the development of necessary projects
• Communities benefit from reliable, rehabilitated and/or new water supply, treatment, storage, and distribution facilities that typically include enhanced fire protection

Projects Include

• Russian River County Water District -- Assessment District 2007-01 Improvements
• Sweetwater Springs Water District -- Phase IV-B, Project 1 Water System Improvements
• Branger Mutual Water Company -- Water Tank Replacement Project
• City of Cloverdale -- Water System Improvements
• Loch Lomond Mutual Water Company -- Water Distribution System Improvements
• County of Sonoma -- CSA #41 - Salmon Creek Zone of Benefit Water Supply and Treatment Improvements
• Anderson Springs Community Service District -- Water Storage Improvement Project
• Palomino Lakes Mutual Water Company -- Water Supply and Treatment Improvements

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