In Fiscal Year (FY) 2009, contingent upon available funding, the Office of Community Services (OCS) will award a Rural Community Facilities Development Program (RF), Homeland Security Program, Water and Wastewater Treatment Systems Safety and Security Training and Technical Assistance grant to a non-profit
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organization to provide a Nationwide training and technical assistance to small, rural communities.
The project will address concerns of many small and very small community water and wastewater treatment systems that may be most vulnerable to possible terrorist attacks and least prepared to deal with such events.