; and (2) that have a median household income of less than 100 percent of the nonmetropolitan median household income of the State in which the community is located. (c) Eligible uses Grants provided under this section may be used for the following: (1) Point of use treatment and point of entry systems. (2) Wellhead treatment and distributed treatment facilities. (3) Blending systems in compliance with State regulations. (4) Costs related to the consolidation of multiple small rural water systems or a small rural water system with a larger system. (5) Construction of new water source facilities including wells and connections to existing systems. (6) Water distribution facilities. (7) Water capacity fees, water supply development fees, water connections fees, and similar fees that are assessed when a new connection is added to an existing water system as part of a consolidation. (8) Assistance to households to connect to water facilities. (9) Emergency water supplies. (10) A combination of activities described in paragraphs (1) through (9). (11) Application and technical assistance costs associated with the activities described in paragraphs (1) through (9). (d) Prioritization In determining priorities for funding projects, the Secretary of the Interior shall take into consideration— (1) communities that are currently operating under a notice of violation for failing to provide potable water that meets primary drinking water standards; (2) whether the applicant has the ability to qualify for alternative funding sources that do not result in water rate increases unable to be absorbed by the residential ratepayers; (3) communities deemed vulnerable to water shortage conditions because the system is located in a critically overdrafted groundwater basin, and the system has only a single water supply source; (4) rural communities served by individual, onsite domestic wells that have documented dry well conditions or contaminated well conditions