The USDA is releasing more than 270-Million dollars in loans and grants for critical water and sewer needs in rural America.
Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says the Rural Development funds will help all sizes of projects, from small to large.
“You travel up to Baldwin, Wisconsin and that’s a large project, 18.1 million dollars in grants and loans designed to replace their entire wastewater treatment plant. Or you can travel to Oaktown, Indiana, where the grant and loan is a small amount – 50,000 dollars – but it’s designed to essentially update their drainage system which can avoid flooding.”
Vilsack says unresolved water issues can cause a lot of problems – and, in fact – a tragedy led to him becoming mayor of his small town of Mount Pleasant, Iowa.
