Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Ohio EPA Director Laurie A. Stevenson announced Wednesday that two dozen communities will receive a total of $9 million in H2Ohio funding for projects to improve the quality of drinking water and to repair or replace aging water, wastewater, and sewage infrastructure.
“These projects will improve the quality of life for thousands of Ohioans by giving them reliable access to clean water and by addressing failing wastewater and home sewage treatment systems which are also a threat to public health and the environment,” said Governor DeWine. “All of our communities deserve to have strong water infrastructure, and I am committed to helping our local partners with these costly improvement projects.”
One of the projects receiving funding is the Morgan-Meigsville Rural Water District. They’ll receive $350,000 in funding to support the extension of approximately 6.5 miles of waterline along state routes 266 and 337 and Coulson Road.
The proposed water main will service 60 households improving the drinking water for 150 residents who are not served by public water supplies and currently rely upon private well systems, springs, and hauled water. Poor water quality is frequently encountered in these individual water supplies, and periods of dry weather can impact the quantity of water
available to residents.
The $9 million in H2Ohio grant funding announced today is in addition to a new water and sewer program announced by Governor DeWine last week. More details about the new program, which will be funded with $250 million from the American Rescue Plan Act, are forthcoming.
