Tribal Water Infrastructure: Opportunities Exist to Improve Federal Assistance
What GAO Found As part of the federal government’s efforts to support Tribes and tribal members’ health and to help prevent disease, an Indian Health Service (IHS) program provides Tribes with technical and financial assistance to build drinking water and wastewater infrastructure in tribal communities. Through this program, IHS staff work closely with Tribes to identify their needs and design and build water projects. Several U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs also provide assistance for tribal water projects, and the three agencies often work together and with Tribes. Selected Agencies’ Funding for Tribal Water Projects, Fiscal Ye.
Reported by Maria LopezTribal Water Infrastructure: Opportunities Exist to Improve Federal Assistance.
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What GAO Found As part of the federal government’s efforts to support Tribes and tribal members’ health and to help prevent disease, an Indian Health Service (IHS) program provides Tribes with technical and financial assistance to build drinking water and wastewater infrastructure in tribal communities.
Through this program, IHS staff work closely with Tribes to identify their needs and design and build water projects.
Several U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs also provide assistance for tribal water projects, and the three agencies often work together and with Tribes.
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