Releases No. 0278.98
| For
Immediate Release Monday, July 13, 1998 | Contact: (202) 456-7035 |
VICE PRESIDENT GORE ANNOUNCES THAT 87 RURAL COMMUNITIES WILL GET $155 MILLION FOR SAFE DRINKING WATER PROJECTS
Washington, DC -- Vice President Gore announced today that 87 rural communities in 38 states and Puerto Rico will get $155.8 million in federal funds to upgrade the quality, accessibility, and dependability of their drinking water.
“Safe, reliable drinking water is more than a matter of convenience,” said the Vice President, who announced the combination of grants and loans that will be distributed under the Administration’s Water 2000 Initiative. “It’s critical to public health and economic development. Through Water 2000, we are helping to build and upgrade the basic infrastructure needed to sustain rural communities.”
The federal funding announced by the Vice President will trigger another $56.5 million that local water districts, county governments, state agencies, and other federal sources will provide.
The Vice President was joined by Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman and Carole Buckland from Binghamton, New York who wrote to President Clinton to seek federal help to improve the quality of her local drinking water. Binghamton will get over $1.3 million of the funds announced today.
“This Administration is determined to take on the challenges facing rural America, including expanding access to safe, clean water,” Glickman said.
At least 2.2 million rural Americans live with critical quality and accessibility problems with their drinking water, including an estimated 730,000 people who have no running water in their homes. About five million more rural residents are affected by less critical, but still significant, water problems, as defined by the federal Safe Drinking Water Act. These problems include undersized or poorly protected water sources, a lack of adequate storage facilities, and antiquated distribution systems.
Young children and the elderly are at particular risk from illnesses caused by unsafe, unclean drinking water. And towns without dependable community water systems cannot adequately protect themselves from the hazards of fire.
Launched by the Administration in 1994, the Water 2000 Initiative helps upgrade and expand drinking water service in rural communities plagued by some of the nation’s worst water quality, quantity, and dependability problems. Water 2000 has already improved drinking water quality or provided a public water supply for the first time to some 2.5 million people in over 1,300 rural communities nationwide.
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRIGULTURE
RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE
WATER AND WASTE WATER PROGRAM
1 9 9 8 W A T E R 2 0 0 0
USDA Funds TOTAL Other PROJECT
St Name of Project Type Rate Loan Grant USDA - RD Funds TOTALS
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AK King Cove W P $ 1,375,000 $ 1,375,000 2,750,000 $5,750,000 $ 8,500,000
Nunapitchuk W P 329,000 329,000 750,000 1,079,000
Kongiganak W P - 300,000 300,000 500,000 800,000
AR Phillips County S P 130,900 1,839,100 1,970,000 1,555,195 3,525,195
AZ Navajo Tribal Util. Auth. W P 31,500 94,500 126,000 251,000 377,000
Cochise County ** S P - 400,000 400,000 163,000 563,000
CA Sierraville W P 241,700 384,500 626,200 5,000 631,200
FL White Springs S P 512,500 1,537,500 2,050,000 1,100,000 3,150,000
GA Glennville S P 3,579,406 1,792,094 5,371,500 - 5,371,500
IA Warren Water Dist W I 7,247,000 - 7,247,000 1,083,000 8,330,000
Xenia Rural Water W I 4,143,100 1,957,600 6,100,700 1,812,500 7,913,200
IL Marietta W P 330,000 694,000 1,024,000 417,000 1,441,000
Royal Lakes S P 116,000 710,000 826,000 684,000 1,510,000
Hamilton County W P 336,000 336,000 672,000 400,000 1,072,000
IN Duff Water W I 675,000 - 675,000 75,000 750,000
Silver Lake W I 886,000 744,000 1,630,000 500,000 2,130,000
KY Whitley County W P 377,000 636,100 1,013,100 325,900 1,339,000
Crittenden-Livingston W P 2,000,000 900,000 2,900,000 - 2,900,000
Bronson * W P 224,000 672,000 896,000 7,000 903,000
KS Pottawatomie County W I 1,985,400 1,338,900 3,324,300 173,660 3,497,960
LA DeSoto Water W I 1,450,000 - 1,450,000 38,750 1,488,750
Grand Isle W I 7,000,000 - 7,000,000 12,675,750 19,675,750
MA Egremont W P 610,690 1,424,800 2,035,490 230,000 2,265,490
ME Paris Util Dist. W I 250,000 - 250,000 - 250,000
Boothbay Harbor S I 269,500 157,000 426,500 - 426,500
MI St. Ignace W P 2,685,000 1,000,000 3,685,000 - 3,685,000
MN Upper Sioux Comm. W P 113,000 339,000 452,000 911,000 1,363,000
Dundee W P 209,000 425,000 634,000 - 634,000
Lake Wilson W P 580,000 22,000 602,000 401 602,401
MO Holt County W I 2,330,000 1,826,000 4,156,000 553,000 4,709,000
Cannon Public Water W I 956,000 579,000 1,535,000 65,000 1,600,000
Mercer County W P 1,200,000 400,000 1,600,000 29,000 1,629,000
MS Beth.-Corner.-Mace. W P 996,000 585,800 1,581,800 450,000 2,031,800
Carnes Utility W P 557,000 407,000 964,000 - 964,000
Deeson Round Lake W P 152,400 426,600 579,000 - 579,000
Eskridge-Rose Hill W I 166,400 127,300 293,700 - 293,700
Eureka Water Assn W I 492,800 385,200 878,000 - 878,000
Little Creek W I 84,800 219,800 304,600 - 304,600
S. Quitman * W P 16,200 48,400 64,600 - 64,600
MT Alberton S I 413,000 400,000 813,000 400,000 1,213,000
NC Martin County W I 4,171,000 974,000 5,145,000 50,000 5,195,000
Bladen County W I 5,983,000 - 5,983,000 - 5,983,000
ND Morton County W I 282,000 - 282,000 297,000 579,000
NE Butte W P 584,000 1,326,100 1,910,100 750,000 2,660,100
NH Tilton S P 465,000 465,000 930,000 - 930,000
NM Agua Negra * W P 35,800 107,200 143,000 - 143,000
Del Rio * W P 15,000 44,900 59,900 - 59,900
Guadalupita * W P 76,700 229,800 306,500 - 306,500
Lumberton * W P 36,000 107,900 143,900 - 143,900
Mora Valley * W P 184,800 554,200 739,000 - 739,000
Ojo Sarco * W P 45,200 135,500 180,700 - 180,700
Truchas * W P 10,900 32,500 43,400 - 43,400
NV Town of Lund W I 300,000 258,000 558,000 350,000 908,000
NY Odessa W P 1,624,500 100,000 1,724,500 200,000 1,924,500
Binghamton W P 822,400 500,000 1,322,400 - 1,322,400
OH Arcadia W P 1,124,000 1,686,000 2,810,000 215,000 3,025,000
New London Springfield W P 385,000 380,000 765,000 - 765,000
Western Water W I 8,500,000 - 8,500,000 3,000,000 11,500,000
Portsmouth * W P 600,000 400,000 1,000,000 1,850,000 2,850,000
OK Quartz Mtn. W P 1,488,000 2,312,000 3,800,000 530,000 4,330,000
McCurtain County I 1,500,000 700,000 2,200,000 350,000 2,550,000
Fort Towson * W P 417,900 1,452,100 1,870,000 - 1,870,000
PA S. Versailles W P 270,000 148,650 418,650 355,350 774,000
Dunbar Township S P 5,050,800 3,118,000 8,168,800 604,000 8,772,800
PR Caguas Municipality W P 1,640,000 4,040,825 5,680,825 - 5,680,825
SC Saluda County W I 371,000 304,300 675,300 13,050 688,350
SD BDM Rural Water W P 1,545,000 1,950,000 3,495,000 1,235,000 4,730,000
Doland * S P 147,320 39,000 186,320 - 186,320
TN Catoosa W I 756,000 504,000 1,260,000 - 1,260,000
Dayton W I 216,100 116,500 332,600 500,000 832,600
Gainesboro S P 468,000 1,085,000 1,553,000 500,000 2,053,000
Big Creek W I 443,700 295,800 739,500 - 739,500
Castalian Springs-Bethpage W I 340,000 150,000 490,000 347,700 837,700
Lynchburg W I 150,000 100,000 250,000 500,000 750,000
TX North Hunt W P 965,000 700,000 1,665,000 35,000 1,700,000
E. Tawakoni W P 1,097,000 1,142,000 2,239,000 - 2,239,000
Possum Kingdom W P 4,500,000 2,000,000 6,500,000 4,700,000 11,200,000
VA Russell County W P 350,000 650,000 1,000,000 448,558 1,448,558
VT Wallingford Fire Dist W I 1,371,200 1,000,000 2,371,200 - 2,371,200
WA Grays Harbor-Pac. Beach S P 1,056,000 2,512,400 3,568,400 200,970 3,769,370
WV Matewan W P 150,000 - 150,000 2,333,000 2,483,000
Tunnelton S P 325,000 783,000 1,108,000 1,250,000 2,358,000
Gilmer County W P 200,000 494,000 694,000 586,000 1,280,000
Atwell * W P 360,000 340,000 700,000 500,000 1,200,000
Caretta * W P 145,000 370,000 515,000 - 515,000
WY Torrington W I 1,800,000 - 1,800,000 2,700,000 4,500,000
Shoshone Tribe W P 100,000 200,000 300,000 1,278,000 1,578,000
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Totals $97,190,616 $ 58,621,869 $155,812,485 56,583,784 $212,396,269
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Projects 87
States 38 Plus Puerto Rico
* EZ/EC Projects
** Colonia Project
Type: W=Water S=Sewer
Rate: P=Poverty I=Intermediate