United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) State Director for Indiana Michael Dora Thursday announced that the City of Princeton has been selected to receive funding for wastewater system upgrades.
“The federal funds will be used for infrastructure improvements and all lift stations will receive updated SCADA systems,” said Dora. “The project will benefit the 10,020 people in the City of Princeton.”
The City of Princeton is improving treatment operations at the wastewater treatment plant by rehabilitating an old treatment train and other wastewater treatment plant improvements, as well as replacing a lift station. The loan funds of $8,596,000 will be leveraged with an application contribution of $172,000 for a total project cost of $8,768,000.
Dora’s announcement is in coordination with the recent announcement made by Rural Utilities Service Administrator Chad Rupe announcing that USDA is investing $135 million in 49 projects to improve rural water infrastructure in 24 states.
USDA is making the investments through the Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant program. Rural cities and towns, water districts and other eligible entities can use the funds for drinking water, stormwater drainage and waste disposal systems in rural communities with 10,000 or fewer residents.
USDA has announced investments in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, New Mexico, New York, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington and West Virginia.
USDA had $2.9 billion available for USDA Water and Environmental Program loans and grants at the beginning of fiscal year 2019. USDA will make additional funding announcements in coming weeks.