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Drinking water and wastewater system; application for hardship funding

The Free State of Bavaria supports Bavarian towns and municipalities with grants for the renovation of drinking water and wastewater systems in cases of hardship.

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Wasserwirtschaftsamt Donauwörth

Wasserwirtschaftsamt Donauwörth

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Förgstr. 23
86609 Donauwörth

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Förgstr. 23

86609 Donauwörth

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Procedure details

Purpose

In cases of hardship, funding is provided for projects to renovate existing public water supply and wastewater disposal facilities if these lead to unreasonable burdens on local authorities and citizens.

Object

Funding is provided in cases of hardship

  • the structural rehabilitation of existing drinking water pipes and sewers (No. 2.2.1 RZWas 2021) and
  • the first-time construction of interconnected pipelines for water supply systems and the first-time construction of interconnected sewers when sewage treatment plants are abandoned (No. 2.2.2 RZWas 2021)
  • the structural refurbishment of existing drinking water extraction and treatment plants, drinking water reservoirs, sewage treatment plants, pumping stations and stormwater tanks (No. 2.2.3 RZWas 2021)
  • the accession of the body responsible for the facility to a special-purpose association (no. 2.2.4 RZWas 2021) and
  • the preparation of rehabilitation and structural concepts (No. 2.2.5 RZWas 2021).

Recipients of funding

Funding is available to municipalities with up to 20,000 inhabitants, their own operations, special-purpose associations and municipal companies that charge contributions and/or fees or water prices; companies in private law reform and water and soil associations, provided that a local authority has a 100% stake.

Eligible costs

Hardship funding is provided for projects under Nos. 2.2.1 and 2.2.2 RZWas 2021 with fixed funding lump sums depending on the length of the project. For projects under Nos. 2.2.3, 2.2.4 and 2.2.5, the funding lump sums are calculated on the basis of population figures. The eligible costs are determined by the expenditure carried forward in the construction expenditure ledger after completion of the measure less the non-eligible expenditure in accordance with no. 5.3 RZWas 2021.

Type and amount

The grants are awarded on a project-related basis by way of pro rata financing as allocations. Hardship funding is provided with fixed funding lump sums (net):

  • 120 euros per rehabilitated meter of water pipe,
  • 80 euros per meter of interconnected pipe built for the first time (no minimum funding),
  • 150 euros per renovated meter of sewer,
  • 300 euros per renewed meter of sewer and
  • 125 euros per meter of interconnected sewer built for the first time (no minimum funding),

The grant is set at a minimum of 40% and a maximum of 90% of the eligible implementation costs. Once hardship threshold 2 is reached, the flat-rate funding increases to

  • 180 euros per renovated meter of water pipe,
  • 225 euros per renovated meter of sewer,
  • 450 euros per renewed meter of sewer,

Once hardship threshold 2 is reached, the grant is set at a minimum of 70% and a maximum of 90% of the eligible implementation costs. There are also the following flat-rate grants:

  • 250 per connected resident for the renovation of facilities in accordance with No. 5.4.3, up to a maximum of 70% of the eligible implementation costs,
  • 40 euros per resident included by a special-purpose association in accordance with no. 5.4.4, up to a maximum of 100,000 euros and
  • 20 euros per connected resident for renovation and structural concepts in accordance with no. 5.4.5 RZWas 2021, up to a maximum of 70% of the eligible implementation costs and a maximum of 50,000 euros.

  • Interconnected pipes and sewers according to No. 2.2.2 RZWas 2021, as well as rehabilitation and structural concepts according to No. 2.2.5 RZWas 2021 are funded regardless of whether a hardship threshold is reached.
  • For projects pursuant to Nos. 2.2.1, 2.2.3 and 2.2.4, funding is granted if the per capita burden determined in accordance with Annex 2 RZWas 2021 exceeds one of the hardship thresholds pursuant to No. 4.3 RZWas 2021.
  • Funding can only be provided for projects that have been started since the grant notification was issued (= first contract award). Projects in accordance with Nos. 2.2.2 and 2.2.3 RZWas 2021 can only be started without funding after a technical inspection and approval of the planning by the locally responsible water management office.
  • The local water management authority will advise on the details.

  • Explanation (summary for the part to be funded in the construction phase) (2-fold)
  • Decision of the responsible body of the beneficiary to carry out the project (2 copies)
  • For projects pursuant to Nos. 2.2.1, 2.2.3 and 2.2.4 RZWas 2021: Form pursuant to Annex 2 RZWas 2021 (determination of per capita load) (2 copies)
  • For projects according to No. 2.2.2 and 2.2.3, a draft prepared in accordance with the Guidelines for the Design of Water Management Projects (REWas), as amended (2 copies).
    For projects according to No. 2.2.2 and 2.2.3, a draft prepared in accordance with the Guidelines for the Design of Water Management Projects (REWas), as amended (2 copies).
  • Declaration by the project-executing agency as to whether it will pass on the grant to third parties (2 copies)
  • Declaration by the project executing agency as to whether it or the final recipient is entitled to deduct input tax (2 copies)
  • The application documents depend on the individual case.

    Information on the type of documents can be found in §§ 3 ff 9. BImSchV (see under "Legal bases") and in the checklists under "Further links".

  • The application for funding must be submitted to the local water management office.
  • After a successful review, the application is accepted into the hardship program. The water management office issues the grant notification.
  • Funding can be requested a maximum of once a year after submitting a confirmation of use to the water management office.
  • The local water management office will advise you on the details.

The guidelines for grants for water management projects (RZWas 2021) are limited until December 31, 2024.

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Status: 02.06.2025
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