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CARRINGTON, N.D. – The Garrison Diversion Conservancy District’s (Garrison Diversion) MR&I Water Supply Assistance Grant Program provides funding assistance to offset the costs of new customer hookups to a rural water system or district within Garrison Diversion’s member counties.
The Water Supply Assistance Grant Program is also in place to aid municipal water systems or districts with extraordinary OM&R projects or emergencies impacting the delivery of water to users, introduce health and safety issues, or bring potential harm to other infrastructure if not repaired.
“The Program is gaining in popularity; word is getting out that we can help with water hookups, and that’s great,” says Committee Chair Geneva Kaiser. “We’re supporting rural water while putting funds back into the district, which falls in line with our key initiatives.”
In October, the MR&I Committee awarded $49,575 to seven rural water users in the district for residential, livestock and business use.
The following systems had projects receiving funding from the Water Supply Assistance Grant Program:
• East Central Regional Water District - $10,000 for one customer hookup
• Greater Ramsey Water District - $2,150 for one customer hookup
• Southeast Water Users District - $15,175 for one customer hookup and to connect the City of Ludden
• Stutsman Rural Water District - $22,250 for three customer hookups
There are two grant application periods each year. The next deadline for new customer hookup applications is May 1, although emergency requests are considered as needed. There continues to be no deadline on extraordinary OM&R projects for municipalities, as these will occur on an as-needed basis.
Eligibility requirements state the applicant must reside within one of Garrison Diversion’s 28 member counties, must be or have a member sponsor that is a political subdivision (municipality or rural water district), and a municipality must serve a population of 5,000 people or less.
Grant guidelines and applications can be found at http://www.garrisondiversion.org.
