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The WARRF Program is not accepting any new applications for funding as of March 10, 2025 because all available funds have been awarded to help Oregonians repair or replace and permanently abandon household wells that were dry or damaged by wildfire. If you are interested in receiving funds in the future, please do not have your well replaced or repaired as wells started prior to grant approval will not be eligible for reimbursement. Once the program begins accepting new applications, we will announce the reopening online.

The Water Resources Department’s Well Abandonment, Repair, and Replacement Fund provides financial assistance to help low to moderate income individual households or members of a federally recognized tribe in Oregon.  The impacted well must be dry or nearly dry or have been damaged or destroyed by wildfire and no longer supplying enough water to sustain the household.

The WARRF Program is not accepting new applications because funding is not currently available for new grants. If you are interested in receiving funds, please do not have your well replaced or repaired as wells started prior to grant approval will not be eligible for reimbursement. Once the program begins accepting applications again, we will announce the reopening online.

  • The WARRF program is not currently accepting applications.

For more information on past eligibility, see the Eligibility Checklist in the Guidance for Homeowners.     ​​​​​​

Applications are not currently being accepted. Once funding for new grants becomes available again, the program will announce the reopening online.

El Fondo de Abandono, Reparación y Reemplazo de Pozos de Agua (WARRF, por sus siglas en inglés) brinda asistencia financiera a hogares con ingresos bajos a moderados o a miembros de una tribu reconocida a nivel federal en Oregon. Dicha asistencia es para reparar o reemplazar y abandonar permanentemente un pozo de agua que haya sido destruido por un incendio forestal o que se encuentre en una zona afectada por sequías. El pozo afectado debe haber sido utilizado para fines domésticos y que en el presente no suministre suficiente agua para abastecer el hogar.

Actualmente no hay fondos disponibles para nuevas solicitudes y por lo tanto el Programa WARRF no está recibiendo aplicaciones. Una vez que los fondos vuelvan a estar disponibles, el programa anunciará su reapertura en línea.

Since 2022, the Water Resources Department has received approximately $6.4 million dollars for the Fund. Due to overwhelming demand, all funds have been awarded and the WARRF Program is not accepting new applications.
To help as many Oregonians as possible with the funding program, a limit of $40,000 was available per applicant. These funds were provided as a grant (not a loan) to reimburse homeowners for the expenses to abandon, repair, and replace a qualifying well. The fund reimbursed 100% of the eligible costs up to the funding limit of $40,000 per grant.

Additional resources may be available to assist with low interest loans or grants for wells from the following organizations:

•    Water Well Trust

If you live in Klamath County, you may also seek financial assistance from the Klamath County Well Assistance Fund. 


If you apply to other grant programs, you will be disqualified from receiving WARRF funding.

Grants are taxable income. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requires the Oregon Water Resources Department to report all grant payments as taxable income.  OWRD will provide a 1099-G tax form as proof of income if you receive a WARRF grant. We mail the 1099-G form to the address on record. Forms are mailed mid-January for payments made the prior year. For additional information about your tax liability, please contact the IRS or a tax professional.


For more information contact:

Phone: 503-779-5763

Email: OWRD.Well.Funding

Forms and Guidance

Other Resources: