Wastewater Program
Wastewater Specialist
The purpose of the Wastewater Program is to protect the nation’s multi-billion-dollar investment in rural and small municipal water/wastewater systems by providing on-site technical assistance, which ensures cost-effective operations and adequate income for both operations and debt service within each state.
The primary goal of these technicians is to assist small, rural, and economically challenged communities to enhance and maintain the financial sustainability of their wastewater systems through technical assistance and/or training. Assistance to small communities and rural utility systems serving a population of 10,000 or less has included:
Travels throughout the state to offer on-site technical assistance
Provides assistance in all areas of operations, maintenance, management, security, finances, loan application, health, and environmental issues
Provides the type of assistance that offers “training” rather than “fixing”
Prioritizes requests to ensure coverage of wastewater systems with serious health or economic problems first
Reviews new technical standards set and proposed by public and private organizations
Assistance directed toward RD/RUS borrowers and potential borrower
Responds to inquiries from facilities, consumers, governmental agencies, and others regarding technical matters
