BOLTON, MISSISSIPPI – Today, United States Representative Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) announced the U. S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development has awarded funds through the Rural Water and Wastewater Program to Mississippi Second District. Recipient | Grant | Loan | Purpose | Young's Water and Sewer District, Inc. Yalobusha County Mr. George Yeager, President 662.628.1035 | $268,000 | $490,000 | This Rural Development investment will be used to install a 150-gallons-per-minute well to replace the old well, which was near maximum capacity and beyond its useful life. | Delta City Utility District #2 Sharkey County Mr. Michael Nightingale, President 662.379.6600 | $208,000 | $73,000 | This Rural Development investment will be used to install approximately 44,000 linear feet of polyvinyl chloride pipe water mains to serve 12 new rural residents. | Green Acres Water Association, Inc. Coahoma County Mr. B. L. Hudson, President 662.326.3322 | | $352,000 | This Rural Development investment will be used to install new eight-inch sanitary sewer lines and new service connections on the existing sanitary sewer collection system. | South Central Water Association, Inc. Hinds County Mr. Louis C. Hand, President 601.878.9639 | | $13,904,000 | This Rural Development investment will be used to drill a 3,000-gallon-per-minute well, an elevated tank, distribution improvements, and construction of a shop. | Hermanville Community Water Associations, Inc. Claiborne County Ms. Irene L. Hicks 601.535.2669 | $383,000 | $128,000 | This Rural Development investment will be used to upgrade water lines, install automatic meter reading systems, replace all water meters, and install a backup generator. Funds will also be used to install automatic transfer switches at well sites, replace chlorination equipment, and install a new supervisory control and data acquisition system. |
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