---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 3550.117"
title: "7"
number: "3550.117"
heading: "WWD grant purposes."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/3550.117"
---

# §3550.117. WWD grant purposes.


Grant funds may be used to pay the reasonable costs for individuals to:

- (a) **Extend service lines from the system to their residence.**
- (b) **Connect service lines to residence's plumbing.**
- (c) **Pay reasonable charges or fees for connecting to a system.**
- (d) Pay for necessary installation of plumbing and related fixtures within dwellings lacking such facilities. This is limited to one bathtub, sink, commode, kitchen sink, water heater, and outside spigot.
- (e) Construction and/or partitioning off a portion of the dwelling for a bathroom, not to exceed 4.6 square meters (48 square feet) in size.
- (f) Pay reasonable costs for closing abandoned septic tanks and water wells when necessary to protect the health and safety of recipients of a grant for a purpose provided in paragraph [(a)](#a) or [(b)](#b) of this section and is required by local or State law.
- (g) Make improvements to individual's residence when needed to allow the use of the water and/or waste disposal system.

## Notes

### Amendments

[67 FR 78331, Dec. 24, 2002]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 42 U.S.C. 1480.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 59779, Nov. 22, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[67 FR 78331, Dec. 24, 2002]