EGLE announces $67.1 million in MI Clean Water grants to help Michigan communities upgrade water infrastructure, protect health and the environment
Reducing sewage overflows into Lake St. Clair and replacing hazardous lead drinking water service lines in multiple communities are some of the goals of more than $67 million in state grants recently awarded to Michigan communities.
The MI Clean Water Plan grants through the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) and support from the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) aim to help communities upgrade aging infrastructure, ensure healthy drinking water, and protect Michigan¡¯s environment.
Seventy percent of Michiganders are served by more than 1,000 community wastewater systems and a similar percentage get drinking water from community water systems. Those systems often struggle to find resources to address legacy issues like aging drinking water and stormwater facilities and emerging challenges like new standards for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) ¡°forever chemicals.¡±
Governor Gretchen Whitmer, the Michigan Legislature, and federal agencies have ramped up funding for aging water infrastructure – a critical move to help ensure those water systems continue to protect public health and the environment, including Michigan¡¯s unmatched freshwater resources.
More than half of EGLE¡¯s budget has traditionally passed through to Michigan cities, towns, villages, and other local government agencies to finance critical improvements that help them better protect residents and our natural resources.
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