PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
To provide basic human amenities, alleviate health hazards and promote the orderly growth of the rural areas of the nation by meeting the need for new and improved rural water and waste disposal facilities.

 ELIGIBLE FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES:
1. DISASTER PREVENTION AND RELIEF;
- Flood Prevention and Control;
2. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY;
- Solid Waste Management;
3. NATURAL RESOURCES;
- Community Water Supply Services;
- Community Sewage Treatment Assistance;

 WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM:
- Local;
- Individual/Family;
- Farmer/Rancher/Agriculture Producer;
- American Indian;
- Rural;

 WHO CAN APPLY:
- Local (includes State-designated Indian Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Sponsored organization;
- Public non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments;
- Specialized group (e.g. health professionals, students, veterans);
- Private non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Native American Organizations (includes Indian groups, cooperatives, corporations, partnerships, associations);