### Question
How does the law define eligible individual?


### Answer
Under *33 U.S.C. § 1383*, **eligible individual** is defined as:

> a member of a household, the members of which have a combined income (for the most recent 12-month period for which information is available) equal to not more than 50 percent of the median nonmetropolitan household income for the State in which the household is located, according to the most recent decennial census

#### Citation:
  - *33 U.S.C. § 1383*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 26-WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL > SUBCHAPTER VI-STATE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL REVOLVING FUNDS**

