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Water, Waste
Disposal and Community Facility Loans and Grants
USDA
Rural Development State Office
Minnesota Rural
Development Offices
St. Paul, MN 55101-1853
Phone: 651-602-7800
Community Program - 651-602-7810
Fax: 651-602-7825
Provides low interest loans and grants for
construction of public infrastructure.
Interim
Financing
Minnesota Rural
Water Finance Authority
Ruth Hubbard, Administrator: 1-800-367-6792
David Drown Associates,
Financial Advisors: 1-612-920-3320
Provides low-cost interim financing for
communities which have received a permanent
loan commitment from the United States Department of Agriculture,
Rural Development (RD).
Midi Loan Finance
Program
Minnesota Rural Water Association
Ruth Hubbard, Administrator: 1-800-367-6792
David Drown Associates, Financial Advisors: 1-612-920-3320
Assists communities in obtaining competitive financing for water,
wastewater, gas, streets, and
community facilities projects.
Micro Loan Finance
Program
Minnesota Rural Water Association
Ruth Hubbard, Administrator: 1-800-367-6792
David Drown Associates, Financial Advisors: 1-612-920-3320
Helps members finance small projects at the lowest possible
cost. Loans from $30,000 to $200,000 repaid in seven years or less,
structured as a single G.O. Note, tax-exempt, and bank qualified.
Water Projects
Minnesota Department of Employment & Economic Development
Public Facilities Authority
Drinking
Water Revolving Fund - administered in conjunction with
the Minnesota Department
of Health
Phone: 651-201-3972
Provides below-market financing to local
governments and other public water suppliers to
upgrade and construct drinking water treatment, distribution and
storage facilities.
Minnesota Department of Health's DWRF site
DWRF Frequently Asked Questions Wastewater
and Stormwater Projects
Minnesota Department of Employment & Economic Development
Public Facilities Authority
Clean Water Revolving Fund - administered in
conjunction with the Minnesota
Pollution Control Agency
Phone: 651-259-7465 or 1-800-657-8833
Provides below-market financing or grants to local
governments to upgrade and construct wastewater or stormwater
treatment and collection facilities.
Water and/or
Wastewater Projects
Minnesota Department of Employment & Economic Development
Small
Cities Development Program
Phone: 651-297-1980 or toll-free at 1-800-657-3858.
Provides housing grant funds, public
facility grants and comprehensive grants.
Funding
Available for Small Communities in Need of Wastewater Treatment
Solutions:
The Southeast
Minnesota Water Resources Board announces the availability of funds
for small communities where some or all of the homes have inadequate
sewage treatment resulting from failing septic systems. Up to $3000
(with a required match) is available to communities for an
assessment of current conditions such as lot sizes, soil conditions,
and state of existing septic systems. Up to $6000 (with a required
match) is available to communities to fund an engineering
feasibility study for a community wastewater treatment solution.
These funds cannot be used to install individual sewage treatment
systems, however, contact the names below to find out if your county
has loan funds available for this purpose.
For more information and to obtain the short
application form, contact Sheila Craig, “Community Sewage Treatment
Facilitator,” 507-765-3896 or
scraig@co.fillmore.mn.us if you are in Dodge, Fillmore, Houston,
Olmsted, or Winona Counties or Aaron Wills, "Community Sewage
Treatment Facilitator" 507-646-8400 or
aaron@crwp.net if you are in
Rice, Goodhue, Wabasha, Steele, or Le Sueur Counties. |
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