New York State has announced $43 million in low-cost financing and grants to help local governments tackle projects to improve drinking water and wastewater infrastructure across the state.
Projects approved by the New York Environmental Facilities Corporation Board of Directors include replacing lead service lines, treating harmful emerging contaminants and modernizing aging systems.
The state funding is part of a five-year, $3.75 billion commitment to modernize New York’s water systems, providing $750 million annually to provide clean water while also unlocking the state’s economic potential.
The initiative includes the new Smart Growth Water Grant Program, which will fund the essential sewer and water infrastructure required to build new housing and support the state’s growing economy.
The state’s plan also involves addressing environmental threats at their source by tackling landfill contamination. New regulations will require landfills to treat leachate, liquid waste containing heavy metals, and “forever chemicals” like PFAS, before it can reach municipal plants or drinking water sources.
Projects include:
- $12.7 million for the Upper Mohawk Valley Regional Water Finance Authority to replace 1,388 lead service lines in Utica.
- $9.9 million to replace the wastewater treatment plant that serves the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe
- $8.3 million in state grant and interest-free financing for standby power facilities for two wells, the development of a new groundwater supply facility and the blending of water supplies in Friendship, New York.
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