Water Well Trust, H2Alabama partner to drill, rehabilitate water wells in rural Alabama
(UI) – The Water Well Trust (WWT), a national nonprofit helping rural Americans get access to a clean, safe water supply, has partnered with H2Alabama, a nonprofit organization that provides clean water to families in rural Alabama, to help fund the construction of water wells in Alabama's Black Belt region.
The Water Well Trust provides funding to low-income homeowners with wells that are no longer functioning properly, have contamination issues that render the well unusable, or have no well or safe water source. The Water Well Trust also provides funding for septic systems.
To date, the Water Well Trust has been involved in drilling or rehabilitating over 464 water wells and 28 septic systems serving 511 households across the U.S., many of which were USDA projects.
The Water Well Trust is using a USDA grant and matching funds from the Water Systems Council to provide long-term, low-interest loans to Alabama applicants seeking new or improved water wells and septic systems. Loans have an interest rate of 1% with terms of up to 20 years. Funding is limited to a maximum of $15,000 for a well and $15,000 for a septic system.
The WWT/H2Alabama partnership will focus on the following Alabama Black Belt counties: Choctaw, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Lowndes, Marengo, Perry, Sumter, and Wilcox.
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