Tribal Water and/or Wastewater Technical Assistance

This program helps to protect public and environmental health and foster economic development in specific tribal communities throughout the United States by providing hands-on, community-specific and culturally relevant technical assistance and training that: identifies and evaluates solutions to water and waste disposal problems, assists tribal communities in preparing funding applications for their water and waste projects, trains tribal operators in order to gain or maintain their licenses and improves operation and maintenance of existing water and waste disposal facilities.

Though most of our environmental programs help to serve tribes, RCAP manages a USDA program for water and waste disposal technical assistance and training specifically for tribal communities. This program helps to protect public and environmental health and foster economic development in specific tribal communities throughout the United States by providing hands-on, community-specific and culturally relevant technical assistance and training that: identifies and evaluates solutions to water and waste disposal problems, assists tribal communities in preparing funding applications for their water and waste projects, trains tribal operators in order to gain or maintain their licenses and improves operation and maintenance of existing water and waste disposal facilities.