LITTLE ROCK – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Arkansas State Director Jill Floyd announced today that USDA is funding three Water and Waste Disposal projects totaling more than $20.2 Million as part of the President’s Investing in America agenda.
The Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant Program helps state and local governments, private nonprofits and federally recognized Tribes build and improve rural wastewater systems. The funding enables rural communities to expand access to clean and reliable drinking water, sanitary waste disposal and stormwater drainage.
“Investing in modernizing the infrastructure of rural Arkansas pays dividends by empowering opportunity and prosperity for the people who call those communities home,” said Director Floyd. “These investments will help rural cooperatives and utilities provide clean drinking water and sanitary wastewater systems for rural Arkansas families and businesses for years to come. These projects will help grow the economy for future generations, create good-paying jobs, and better position rural Arkansas to compete in a global economy.”
The rural Arkansas projects are as follows: