Application Deadline is 4:00pm Friday, August 30, 2024.

Lincoln County is accepting grant funding applications from local water, sewer and drainage districts in unincorporated Lincoln County for water and sewer projects. Eligible projects must meet the ARPA State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) eligible funding requirements. Districts must be in good standing with State of Oregon financial reporting requirements and show proof of complying with public meeting law requirements. The county has a total of $398,000 to provide for eligible projects from districts. Applications will be reviewed by a committee selected by Lincoln County to look at the financial stability of the organization, the engineering feasibility of the project, and if the project meets ARPA requirements.

Eligible projects include but are not limited to:

• Capital construction of publicly owned treatment facilities for water, sewer or drainage systems
• Capital equipment purchase for water, sewer or drainage systems
• Decentralized wastewater treatment systems that treat municipal wastewater or domestic sewage
• Management and treatment of stormwater or subsurface drainage water.
• Water conservation, efficiency, or reuse measures
• Development and implementation of a conservation and management plan
• Reuse or recycling of wastewater, stormwater, or subsurface drainage water
• Facilities to improve drinking water quality
• Transmission and distribution, including improvements of water pressure or prevention of contamination in infrastructure and lead service line replacements
• New sources to replace contaminated drinking water or increase drought resilience, including aquifer storage and recovery system for water storage
• Storage of drinking water, such as to prevent contaminants or equalize water demands
• Purchase of water systems and interconnection of systems
• New community water systems
• Technical assistance for any of the above categories, such as creation of engineering plans/studies or a master plan are allowed.

Requests must be for a specific project and not for ongoing operational expenses or budget shortfalls. The maximum grant amount is $50,000.

All projects must adhere to federal procurement rules, Davis-Bacon Act requirements and State Prevailing Wage Law.

All questions on this application require an answer.