EPA Awards Over $16.9
Million to the State of Louisiana
to Assist in Funding Safe
Public Drinking Water Systems
(DALLAS – August
23, 2012) The Environmental Protection Agency has
awarded the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals $16,962,000 to provide
low cost loan assistance to eligible public drinking water systems for
infrastructure improvements. The funds are being granted through the EPA’s
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to ensure safe drinking water for Louisiana
residents.
The Safe Drinking Water Act established the Drinking
Water State Revolving Fund to make funds available to drinking water systems for
infrastructure improvements. The program also emphasizes providing funds to
small and disadvantaged communities and programs that encourage pollution
prevention as a tool for ensuring safe drinking water.
Additional
Information on EPA grants is available at http://www.epa.gov/region6/gandf/index.htm
More about activities in EPA Region 6 is available at
http://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/region6.html
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