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A -LP Water Animas -La Plata Water Marketing Supply and Demand Study <br />United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) <br />Section 5 <br />United States Department of Agriculture, Rural Development provides utilities in rural areas (towns or <br />cities of 10,000 or less) with grants or loans through "Water and Environmental Programs" (WEP). The <br />grants, loans, and loan guarantees can be used for drinking water, sanitary sewer, solid waste and storm <br />drainage facilities. Programs; include Loans and Grants for Rural Communities, Guaranteed Loans, <br />Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants, Pre - development Planning Grants, and Loans for Very <br />Small Projects. More information about these programs is available on the USDA website at <br />www. ru rdev. usd a.gov. <br />United States Bureau of Reclamation Rural Water Program <br />This is a new program initiated in 2010 which provides grants for planning and overseeing construction <br />of rural water systems to towns with less than 50,000 in population. Providing funding for construction <br />would require Congressional authorization and federal appropriations. Currently this program has not <br />been funded. <br />5.2.1 Proposed Marketing Program <br />The information and data above will be used to develop a marketing brochure and web page to promote <br />the use of the State's A -LP Project water. The marketing brochure and web page will be developed by <br />the CWCB and distributed to city and county planning departments, the Southwestern Conservation <br />District, Water Conservancy Districts, and a list of appropriate contractors and businesses. <br />This marketing brochure and web page would also be useful in the event that all or a portion of the <br />State's A -LP Project water reverts to the Tribes (see Section 5.1 herein). <br />5 -4 <br />RNAL ALP Report_1_13_11_LL.Docx <br />