Area Municipalities Awarded Grant Funds

THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION RECENTLY ANNOUNCED 102 GRANTS TOTALING $232,709,981 FROM THE STATE’S AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUND, PART OF WHICH TDEC IS ADMINISTERING IN THE FORM OF DRINKING WATER, WASTEWATER, AND STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS. OF THE 102 GRANTS, 17 ARE COLLABORATIVE GRANTS AND 85 ARE NON-COLLABORATIVE GRANTS. THE AWARDS ANNOUNCED INCLUDE FUNDING FOR 132 INDIVIDUAL DRINKING WATER, WASTEWATER, AND/OR STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. GRANTS ANNOUNCED IN THE MIDDLE TENNESSEE AREA INCLUDE THE CITY OF THE CITY OF PULASKI IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,751,814 DOLLARS, THE CITY OF SAVANNAH IS THE AMOUNT OF $4,714,467 DOLLARS., THE CITY OF LORETTO IN THE AMOUNT OF $739,398 AND MARSHALL COUNTY IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,075,564 DOLLARS. LAWRENCE COUNTY WAS AWARDED $5,168,090 DOLLARS WHICH WILL BE USED TO CONDUCT A UTILITY STUDY THAT WILL ENSURE THE COUNTY’S SYSTEMS BECOME MORE SUSTAINABLE, AFFORDABLE, AND RELIABLE. THE STUDY WILL PROVIDE EACH WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEM IN LAWRENCE COUNTY A COMPREHENSIVE ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN, GIS MAPPING AND APPROPRIATE SOFTWARE, WATER LOSS INVESTIGATION, INFLOW, AND INFILTRATION INVESTIGATION, AND MORE. THE CITY OF LAWRENCEBURG WAS AWARDED $2,056,490 DOLLARS WHICH WILL BE USED TO CONDUCT TWO WASTEWATER PROJECTS THAT ADDRESS CRITICAL NEEDS. THE FIRST PROJECT WILL ADDRESS SIGNIFICANT NON-COMPLIANCE ISSUES. THE SECOND PROJECT WILL ADDRESS EXCESSIVE INFLOW AND INFILTRATION AND AGING INFRASTRUCTURE BY REPLACING AN OVER 50-YEAR-OLD SEWER MAIN LINE.

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