Funding and Grants

USDA Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant

USDA Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant is a federal funding program available in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. Loans and grants for clean drinking water, sanitary sewer, solid-waste disposal, and storm drainage serving rural households and businesses.

LevelFederal
AdministratorUSDA Rural Development
Who can applyRural Areas and Small Towns; Public Bodies, Nonprofits, Tribes

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Who qualifies

The applicant is a public body, nonprofit, or tribe with authority to build and operate the system and unable to obtain reasonable commercial credit.
The facility serves a rural area and a public purpose.

This program is available throughout Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska.

Funding terms

Long-term, low fixed-rate direct loans (rate set by project need and area median income) with grants combinable to keep user rates reasonable.

What you need to apply

Preliminary Engineering Report
Water/Waste Application
Rate Study

The rule behind this program

Every eligibility statement on this page traces to first-party authority (corpus version 2026.06).

Program Guidance: USDA Water & Waste Disposal Loan & Grant

Need help applying? Build Scotts Bluff offers lending coordination for Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. See lending coordination services.

Advisory only. Eligibility is a deterministic read of public program rules as of the cited corpus version and is not legal advice or a guarantee of funding; every determination must be reviewed against the live program and counsel.