Have any Tracts Found Grants / Funding to Improve Community Water Systems? https://www.nationalforesthomeowners.org/forums/posts.aspx?topic=1624153 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:12:32 GMT Thu, 12 Aug 2021 19:06:36 GMT Copyright © 2021 National Forest Homeowners Have any Tracts Found Grants / Funding to Improve Community Water Systems? https://www.nationalforesthomeowners.org/forums/posts.aspx?topic=1624153 https://www.nationalforesthomeowners.org/forums/posts.aspx?topic=1624153 The Greater Soldier Camp Association (GSCA) maintains and operates a community water system that was originally developed in the 1930s on Mount Lemmon, near Tucson, AZ.

Records on our system are sketchy, but we know the system was developed a long time ago, perhaps by the CCC.  In the 1990s, the Forest Service forced the conglomeration of the main system with three other smaller systems that they were maintaining, and turned the operation responsibility over to the Cabin Owners.

Our water system is a Summer-Only system, that supplies water to approximately 55 cabins.

The system is quite extensive (area-wise) and relatively complex, with a spring collection system, settling tank, tanks, pumps and several miles of water lines installed and interconnected at various dates in the system's history.

The GSCA is investigating options to augment our funding for system improvements, and improvements to ensure water quality.  We are currently regulated and monitored b the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (AZ-DEQ).

This is a request to determine if any other tracts have had similar challenges, and have been able to augment cabin-owner funding with any other source (improvement funding programs, grants, state funding, etc.).

 

Thank You -

Chuck Huber

Greater Soldier Camp Association

Tucson, AZ

 

 

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To my current knowledge, there are no funds for private-use water systems though I am not an expert in this area. Additionally, there is an often challenging prohibition that prevents federal agencies from getting grants from other public agencies. In the case of a Forest Service program with cabins on public lands, it may prevent eligibility for some kinds of funding.

But that doesn't mean you can't look around, keeping in mind that it's a long shot. My suggestion might be to look at any funds or credits for replacement of old residential systems with conservation-oriented water systems. That's where the public good could be argued, perhaps, but it might be a stretch.

We would appreciate hearing from others about their experience in this area. It may be instructive to hear about water system replacement in other tracts, especially in Arizona on the National Forests.

I wish I had better suggestions. If we hear of anything helpful, we'll share it.

Sharon Leach, NFH Executive Director

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