The Grants-to-Counties (GTC) program provides money to homeowners that qualify. The program is available through the GTC program which was established in 1987 when legislature passed the Iowa Groundwater Protection Act to help prevent further contamination of one of Iowa’s most precious resources, our groundwater.

Financial Assistance

Grants to Counties (addresses concerns about water quality and groundwater contamination)

Free well water analysis for rural county residents. To request free well water analysis,

- contact the Jackson County Environmental Health Department at 563-652-1729. No application required.

- Grants of up to $500 to assist with the costs of plugging abandoned wells

- Grants of up to $300 to assist with the costs of plugging qualifying cisterns

- Grants of up to $1,000 to assist with the cost of rehabilitating private water wells
 

(Programs are subject to the availability of state grant dollars.)