Source: Oregon.gov
The Oregon Water Resources Department opened grant applications this week for the first phase of its Water Well Abandonment, Repair and Replacement Fund
Created by the Oregon Legislature, the first phase of the fund provides financial assistance for low-to-moderate income households to abandon, repair or replace affected water wells used for household purposes in areas recently impacted by drought or wildfire.
Funding may be provided to reimburse eligible applicants for 100% of the eligible costs associated with the work to repair, replace, or abandon their eligible well. Up to $40,000 of funding is available per applicant. The applicant homeowner will be responsible for any costs incurred that are identified as ineligible costs or above the funding limit.
Eligibility criteria for applicants includes:
- Their household is low-to-moderate income.
- Their property is in an area recently impacted by wildfire or drought.
- They own the impacted property.
- They live at the property (unless displaced by natural disaster).
- Their well is a water supply well used for household purposes and is connected to a residential dwelling for the purpose of supplying water for drinking, cooking, washing, bathing, or household uses.
- Their well is not a public water supply well.
- Their water supply well, or components of the well system, are in an area recently impacted by drought or wildfire whose condition is unable to supply water for drinking, cooking, washing, bathing, or household uses.
- Their property does not have an alternate source of water available.
Learn more at www.oregon.gov/owrd/programs/GWWL/WARRF/Pages/default.aspx