Port Huron is one of fifteen communities awarded a MI Clean Water Grant from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy.
Port Huron’s award is $330,649 to be used for water system enhancement through Distribution System Materials Inventory development and Asset Management Plan updates.
Port Huron Mayor Pauline Repp said, “We are extremely grateful for this partnership with EGLE to be a recipient of a Drinking Water Asset Grant. With this grant, we will be able to inventory 375 water services, helping us to continue offering safe, clean drinking water to our residents.”
The Village of Capac received a $503,536 award for water system enhancement.
EGLE reports that the grants are part of a program developed under the Clean Water Plan. The goal is to help drinking water suppliers develop and update asset management plans and develop an inventory system to identify materials such as lead service lines.
A statewide effort continues to replace lead service lines and identify and remove contaminants that threaten the safety of the drinking water supply.
Reporting for WGRT – Jennie McClelland
