Eligibility

A person is eligible for a grant if he/she is -

(a) providing a piped supply of water to an existing house for the first time, or

(b) carrying out improvements to a seriously deficient existing piped supply of water to a house,

where the supply of water concerned is a supply other than a public or group scheme supply. For the purposes of this memorandum, a group water scheme is a scheme providing a private supply of water by means of a common or shared source of supply and distribution system.

A person is not eligible for a grant if, in the opinion of the local authority, -

(a) the house concerned is not occupied by the applicant as his or her normal place of residence (e.g. a holiday home),

(b) the house concerned is at present connected to a public or group scheme water supply,

(c) the area in which the house is located is or is about to be served by a public water supply or a group scheme water supply,

(d) the house concerned is under construction or has been constructed within the previous 7 years,

(e) a grant for -

- the provision of the house concerned, or
- the provision or improvement of a water supply to that house, has been paid within the previous 7 years.