Infrastructure Planning Grants

Evidence Step: Outcomes

Department: Economic and Community Development

Priority Area: Rural Development and Conservation

Program Description

Infrastructure Planning Grants help financially distressed counties and rural communities with financially distressed utility systems to plan for improvements so their utility systems can serve their communities and be financially sustainable. These funds, provided as matching grants between the state and communities, support water loss studies, sewer investigation studies, system mapping for water or wastewater systems and/or the development of an asset management plan.

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Details

Program Demographic: Rural Focus

Delivery Setting: Organization / Business / Local Government

Current Participants: 36

Outcomes

Outputs

Logic Model

If distressed counties and financially distressed utilities can better understand the problems with their water and sewer systems through infrastructure planning grant funding, then they can develop better plans to address the issues, qualify for more grant funding for repairs, enjoy more stable infrastructure and be better prepared for growth and prosperity.