Rural Water Projects Approved for Mineral, Storey and Churchill Counties
CARSON CITY, Nev.-- Oct. 28, 2020 – The Trump Administration yesterday announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $891 million to modernize rural drinking water and wastewater infrastructure in 43 states.
These 220 projects will help improve rural water infrastructure for 787,000 residents. The projects are being funded through the Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant Program.
In Nevada, three water projects, totaling $4.57 million were approved for funding in Mineral, Storey and Churchill County. Of that, $3.9 million is in the form of loans and $662,528 is grant funding.
“These rural water projects are vital to community prosperity,” said USDA Rural Development Nevada State Director Phil Cowee. “Upgrading water infrastructure provides a path to economic growth. Under the Trump Administration USDA continues to be a strong partner to rural Nevada.
Storey County will use an additional $344,000 loan to complete construction of two 500,000-gallon water tanks to provide storage for water connections in the Virginia City, benefiting area residents.
Churchill County will use a $558,000 loan and $140,528 grant along with funds received from the State of Nevada to drill and equip a 14-inch backup well for Churchill County's Sand Creek water system, which serves 987 residents. Funds will also cover the cost to install 2,400 feet of 10-inch raw water transmission main and extend three-phase overhead power 900 feet.
Mineral County is using a $3 million loan and $522,000 grant to construct two ground-level steel water storage tanks with a 1.5 million-gallon capacity and decommission and physically separate two reservoirs and the Babbitt storage tank. The new tanks will serve approximately 3,269 residents of Hawthorne.
The Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant Program provides funding for clean and reliable drinking water systems, sanitary sewage disposal, sanitary solid waste disposal, and storm water drainage to households and businesses in eligible rural areas with populations of 10,000 or less.
For more information in Nevada contact Cheryl Couch, Community Programs Director at Cheryl.couch@usda.gov .
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