WASHINGTON- Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of Rural Development has awarded two grants totaling $1,870,000 and two loans totaling $846,000 to Iowa Lakes Regional Water.
According to the Department of Agriculture, Iowa Lakes Regional Water will use the funds to install septic tank effluent pump sewer systems for 133 new customers in the currently unsewered towns of Nemaha and Webb.
The Water and Waste Disposal program provides funding to develop water and waste disposal systems, including solid waste disposal and storm drainage, in rural areas and towns with a population not in excess of 10,000.
Each year, thousands of local Iowa organizations, colleges and universities, individuals and state agencies apply for competitive grants and loans from the federal government. The funding is then awarded based on each local organization or individual’s ability to meet criteria set by the federal entity administering the funds.