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Welcome to the Water Well Trust!

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We assist low‐income families that do not have access to public water supplies or sewer, and those who live in areas where the extension of public water supplies to serve them doesn’t make economic sense…for them, for the public water supply owners, for federal, state or local funding sources.

If you need assistance and would like to apply please continue reading the information on this page.

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To be eligible, you must meet all following eligibility criteria:

  • Deed and property taxes in applicant’s name
  • Applicant must be the occupant(s) of the property
  • Home must be applicant’s primary residence
  • Address must be deemed rural by USDA (WWT staff member will verify this)
  • No new construction, must have occupied the property for at least one year
  • No reliable source of water to the home and no option to connect to a public water utility or sewer
  • Gross annual household income based on your state’s median non-metropolitan household income.

Select an option below to get started:

CALL OUR OFFICE
at 833-539-8200

COMPLETE OUR ONLINE SUBMISSIONFORM

Please allow 48 business hours for a staff member to respond to your request.

If you have questions, please feel free to visit our Contact page!

In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all programs). Remedies and complaint filing deadlines vary by program or incident.

Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.) should contact the State or local Agency that administers the program or contact USDA through the Telecommunications Relay Service at 711 (voice and TTY). Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.

To file a program discrimination complaint, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, AD-3027, found online at How to File a Program Discrimination Complaint and at any USDA office or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form.

To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by:

(1) mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Mail Stop 9410, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410;

(2) fax: (202) 690-7442; or (3) email: program.intake@usda.gov.

USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.