A temporary emergency Low-Income Home Water Assistance Program<\/span><\/span>1<\/span><\/span> (LIHWAP) is being <\/span>developed to provide low-income households assistance in paying their water and wastewater <\/span>bills. Funds will be sent directly to Public Water System (PWS) operators to be credited to <\/span>income-eligible household accounts to reduce arrearages, prevent shutoffs and reduce monthly <\/span>rates. This program is slated to operate from October 1, 2021, through September 30, 2023. <\/span>Households will apply for assistance through a process coordinated with the Low-Income <\/span>
Energy Assistance (LIEAP) program. For more information, read the full letter<\/a> from DPHHS.
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A temporary emergency Low-Income Home Water Assistance Program1 (LIHWAP) is being developed to provide low-income households assistance in paying their water and wastewater bills. Funds will be sent directly to Public Water System (PWS) operators to be credited to income-eligible household accounts to reduce arrearages, prevent shutoffs and reduce monthly rates. This program is slated […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8468,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,27],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-8466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-budgetsfinance","category-news-events","tag-featured"],"yoast_head":"\n