Tribal Domestic Water Supplies Program

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Tribal Domestic Water Supplies Program
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Tribal Domestic Water Supplies Program

With the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, Reclamation will carry out a Domestic Water Supplies for Disadvantaged Communities Program to assist Federally recognized Tribes or Tribal Organizations, as defined by 25 U.S.C. 5304(e), in the 17 Western states for the planning, design, or construction of water projects to provide domestic water supplies to communities or households that do not have reliable access to domestic water supplies.

Program direction and leadership is provided by Reclamation's Native American and International Affairs Office (NAIAO) within the Commissioner’s Office.

For more information or questions regarding this program, please email NAIAO at: TribalDomesticWaterProgram@usbr.gov.

Program Purpose

The primary purpose of the Tribal Domestic Water Supplies Program is to fund projects for domestic water supplies to existing Tribal households or communities that do not have reliable access to domestic water supplies.  Domestic water supplies are for human use and consumption.  Domestic water supplies for communities include a communal benefit (e.g., school, hospital, nursing home, etc.).

Program Authority

Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, Section 50231. Domestic Water Supply Projects
"Bureau of Reclamation Domestic Water Supply Projects. In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $550,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2031, for grants, contracts, or financial assistance agreements for disadvantaged communities (identified according to criteria adopted by the Commissioner of Reclamation) in a manner as determined by the Commissioner of Reclamation for up to 100 percent of the cost of the planning, design, or construction of water projects the primary purpose of which is to provide domestic water supplies to communities or households that do not have reliable access to domestic water supplies in a State or territory described in the first section of the Act of June 17, 1902 (43 U.S.C. 391; 32 Stat. 388, chapter 1093)."

Executive Order 14008
"Affirms the advancement of environmental justice for all through the development and funding of programs to invest in disadvantaged communities."

Announcements

Note 1:  Webinar Video:  An overview of the Tribal Domestic Water Supplies Program and associated Funding Agreement.
              Held:  Thursday, June 13, 2024, 9:00 a.m. Mountain Daylight Time
              See Webinar Invitation for more information.

Note 2:  The Funding Announcement has been updated as of April 12, 2024, to include section F.2.9 as a condition of award for Federal financial assistance should a project be designated a “Megaproject.”



Last Updated: 10/31/24