USDA Rural Development--Earth Day 2003 Event

Committed to the future of rural communities

Earth Day 2003: City of Kaplan, Louisiana

Loan:   $2,500,000
Grant:   $2,305,200

Other:*  $1,000,000

* Outside Funding Source

Total:    $5,805,200

Outline of Need:

The City of Kaplan received a notice of non-compliance from the Environmental Protection Agency regarding the present sewer system. The sewer treatment facility discharges into Sledge Canal, which flows into the Intracoastal Waterway.

How Rural Development Helped:

$4.8 million in Utilities Programs loan and grant funds and $1 million in Community Development Block Grant funds will be used to improve existing sewer system, improving sewer service for 2,019 residential users, 165 commercial users, and seven industrial users.

The Results:

This Rural Development project will have a far-reaching, positive effect on the water quality in southeastern Louisiana.

Kaplan Mayor Schexnider, Senator Breaux, and RUS Administrator Legg with the mock checks for the city Governor Mike Foster addresses the crowd RUS Administrator Legg addresses the crowd while Rural Development Louisiana State Director Michael B. Taylor looks on

Pictured, above: (L) Kaplan Mayor Levi J. Schexnider, U.S. Senator John Breaux, and Hilda G. Legg, Utilities Programs Administrator; (C) Governor Mike Foster addresses the crowd; (R) Hilda G. Legg, Utilities Programs Administrator, Michael B. Taylor, Rural Development Louisiana State Director.

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