Background
Location: Queensland GA
Program: Water Well Trust (WWT) with funding from USDA’s Household Waster Well Systems (HWWS) Grant program
When: June 2014
Who: Homeowners
Problem
20 houses and 2 churches on failing Public Water Supply run and paid for by Ben Hill County. Estimates to repair existing PWS $600,000.
Funding
WWT/HWWS (100%)
Amount funded
Client 1&2 shared well – $6,400
Client 3&4 shared well – $6,400
Client 5 – $6,400
Client 6 – $6,400
Client 7 – $6,400
Client 8 – $6,400
Client 9 – $6,400
Client 10 – $6,400
Total Funded $51,200
Results
The recipients qualified for loans and or loan/grant combinations to finance their new wells. All wells were drilled. It was estimated it would cost $600,000 to run public water lines to these homes, so a cost savings of 86%.
