Austin, TX -- The Texas Water
Development Board (TWDB) today approved financial assistance
totaling $17,000,800 as follows:
- $5,645,000 from the Drinking Water State Revolving
Fund for water system improvements for the Hidalgo
County Municipal Utility District (Hidalgo County);
- $8,495,000 from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund
for wastewater system improvements for the City of
Sabinal ($4,000,000) (Uvalde County), the Hidalgo County
Municipal Utility District ($3,520,000) (Hidalgo
County), and the City of Eastland ($975,000) (Eastland
County);
- $925,000 from the Texas Water Development Fund for
wastewater system improvements for the City of Sabinal
($250,000) (Uvalde County), and for water and wastewater
system improvements for the Glidden Fresh Water Supply
District No. 1 ($675,000) (Colorado County); and
- $1,935,800 from the Economically Distressed Areas
Program for first time wastewater service for the Olmito
Water Supply Corporation ($300,000) (Cameron County),
and for the City of Brownsville ($1,635,800) (Cameron
County).
The TWDB is the state agency charged with collecting and
disseminating water-related data, assisting with regional
planning, and preparing the State Water Plan for the
development of the state’s water resources, and
administering cost-effective financial programs for the
construction of water supply, wastewater treatment, flood
control and agricultural water conservation projects.
Contact:
Carla Daws
512/463-8176 |