Lincoln County Board of Commissioners Announces Grants for Water, Sanitary and Drainage Districts

Lincoln County has allocated $398,000 of its American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) money to invest in local water, sewer/sanitary and drainage districts serving unincorporated Lincoln County.

Applications close Aug. 30!

The American Rescue Plan Act was signed into law in March of 2021 and provided states, cities, and counties with federal money to support pandemic recovery efforts and economic stimulus. One allowed use for ARPA dollars is to support public water, sewer and drainage projects.

The county will use an open grant process to award these funds.

The grant application will be available at https://tinyurl.com/LCWaterGrants starting on June 10 and will remain open until all funds are allocated. The applications will be awarded on a first come, first served basis to qualifying districts and projects.

The County will execute contracts with awarded districts before December 31, 2024. All work on the awarded projects must be completed by subrecipients before December 2026.

Each eligible district can ask for up to $50,000 in total.

Eligible Districts

Districts must be an existing, local, water, sewer, or drainage district serving unincorporated Lincoln County. Qualifying districts district include:

• Lower Siletz Water District

• Kernville - GB LB Water

• Beverly Beach Water

• Otter Rock Water District

• Panther Creek Water

• Devils Lake Water In & Out

• Seal Rock Water

• SW Lincoln County Water PUD

• Salishan Sanitary District

• Siletz Keys Sanitary District

• Gleneden Sanitary District

• Mill Four Drainage District

• Drainage District #1

Eligible projects

Projects can be stand-alone projects or a discrete portion of a larger project. Applications will be reviewed by county administrative, legal, and engineering staff to ensure projects meet American Rescue Plan Act, legal and technical requirements. All projects must adhere to federal procurement rules and Davis-Bacon Act requirements.

Examples of acceptable projects:

• Construction of publicly owned treatment facilities

• Decentralized wastewater treatment systems that treat municipal wastewater or domestic sewage

• Management and treatment of stormwater or subsurface drainage water.

• Water conservation, efficiency, or reuse measures

• Development and implementation of a conservation and management plan

• Reuse or recycling of wastewater, stormwater, or subsurface drainage water

• Facilities to improve drinking water quality

• Transmission and distribution, including improvements of water pressure or prevention of contamination in infrastructure and lead service line replacements

• New sources to replace contaminated drinking water or increase drought resilience, including aquifer storage and recovery system for water storage

• Storage of drinking water, such as to prevent contaminants or equalize water demands

• Purchase of water systems and interconnection of systems

• New community water systems

• Technical assistance for any of the above categories, such as engineering plans or a master plan, are allowed.

For questions, please contact Public Information Officer Kenneth Lipp at [email protected] or 541-265-4100.

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