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In 1991, the Nevada State Legislature created a program (NRS 349.980 through 349.987) to provide grants to purveyors of water to assist with the costs of capital improvements to publicly owned community water systems and publicly owned nontransient water systems as required or made necessary by the state health board or made necessary by the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act - at that time, specifically for compliance with the surface water treatment rule. This program is commonly referred to as the AB 198 Grant Program, after Assembly Bill 198 which established the program. Grants may also be made to eligible recipients to pay for the cost of improvements to conserve water such as in the case of irrigation districts.
Generally, the grant program seeks to enable communities to comply with health regulations. This program also seeks to assure that the costs of the improvements do not overwhelm or cripple the system. The viability of the system is a significant concern for the State. It is important that, following the system improvement, operations can be managed within the financial and technical capacity of the community.
The grant program was established to fill the financial gap between actual costs and what the community can afford. In this sense, an applicant community is expected to do as much as possible to help themselves before seeking the State's assistance. When a large project is required, the applicant is required to finance as much of the project as is locally possible.
Click on the image of the state at the right to see the location and summary of grants approved by the Board through January 2007. (The enlarged image will open in a new window. Note that the image is a large file and may take time to load.)
For a complete listing and brief project summary of all of the grants approved by the Board through January 2007, click here .
To view a previous map of the grants approved by the Board through January 2005, click here
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