The New York State Environmental Facilities Corp. (EFC) recently approved nearly $19 million in drinking-water projects in Tompkins, Oneida, and St. Lawrence counties.
The EFC okayed $16.75 million in low-cost financing for drinking-water improvements in the village of Dryden, the city of Rome and the town of Louisville (pronounced like Lewisville), along with a $2 million grant to Louisville, the EFC said in a news release.
The three-year loans, along with the $2 million grant, come from a revolving fund targeting drinking-water projects, the EFC said.
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The EFC and the New York State Department of Health administer the revolving-loan program, which provides subsidized loans for the construction of new infrastructure and the repair of drinking-water systems across New York.
“Through New York’s Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, communities throughout New York state are taking important steps to improve drinking water quality and protect public health for generations to come,” Matthew Driscoll, EFC’s president and CEO, said in the news release.
Driscoll is a former mayor of Syracuse.
EFC approved more than $4 million in low-cost loans for two drinking-water projects in the village of Dryden.
Crews will construct an arsenic-removal treatment facility, a new Wellhead building, and a new groundwater-supply well. The village will use a $2.1 million, interest-free loan and another short-term loan of $4.27 million at a subsidized market rate, the EFC said.
Another three-year loan of $1.95 million will allow the village to replace a water-storage tank and water mains, according to the EFC.
The city of Rome plans to upgrade its water-treatment plant with new filters, using $5.4 million in short-term loans, including $1.8 million at no-interest and $3.6 million at a subsidized market-rate, the EFC noted.
The project is the first phase of a system-wide upgrade with new storage tanks and transmission mains planned for the future, according to the EFC.
The town of Louisville will use a $7.2 million, interest-free loan, along with a $2 million grant, for a new distribution system, storage tank, and system consolidation.
The project will form the East Louisville Water District #3 in Louisville and the West Hatfield Water District in the Town of Norfolk (pronounced Norfork), areas not currently served with public water, EFC said.
The community will consolidate some existing public-water systems (grocery, convenience store and a housing complex) as a part of this project.
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