More than $108 million in financial assistance has been approved for water infrastructure improvement projects in New York, Gov. Kathy Hochul's office announced Thursday.
The Environmental Facilities Corporation Board of Directors authorized municipal access to over $88.9 million in low-cost short-term financing.
Here are the projects involved.
Clean Water Projects
- Nassau County: $33,298,765 short-term interest-free financing and $33,298,764 short-term market-rate financing for the planning, design and construction of effluent flow diversions from the South Shore Reclamation Facility to the Cedar Creek Water Pollution Control Plant to provide resiliency, flood mitigation and improve water quality in Reynolds Channel
- Town of Newfield in Tompkins County: $551,907 short-term interest-free financing $377,609 short-term market-rate financing, and $183,969 WIIA grant for the planning, design and construction of collection system improvements.
Drinking Water Projects
- City of Auburn in Cayuga County: $3,720,000 WIIA grant for the comprehensive rehabilitation of the Slow Sand Filtration Plant and Rapid Sand Filtration Plant, including structural, electrical, architectural, HVAC and process mechanical improvements.
- Village of Cuba in Allegany County: $4,300,000 short-term market-rate financing and $3,000,000 WIIA grant for the replacement of water main, installation of chlorine contact piping, well house improvements, water storage tank improvements, new emergency power equipment and installation of a control/monitoring system.
- Greenlawn Water District in Suffolk County: $3,000,000 WIIA grant for the construction of a new treatment process at the existing water treatment facility to remove 1,4-dioxane from the District's Well No. 8.
- Town of Lewisboro in Westchester County: $775,800 short-term market-rate financing and $1,163,700 WIIA grant for the installation of a Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) treatment system for the removal of perfluorinated alkyl substance, construction of a GAC treatment building, and replacement of booster pumps, jockey pump and high flow pump in-kind, and piping.
- Village of Pawling in Dutchess County: $1,169,867 short-term interest-free financing, $2,339,733 short-term market-rate financing and $1,280,400 WIIA grant for the development of five wells in the Lower Baxter Wellfield, construction of a treatment facility to treat the Lower Baxter Wells and the Umscheid Wells, and installation of distribution piping.
- South Huntington Water District in Suffolk County: $5,500,000 WIIA grant for the installation of an Advanced Oxidation Process treatment system for 1,4-dioxane removal and the replacement of an existing GAC treatment system with larger vessels.
- Town of Stafford in Genesee County: $1,065,000 WIIA grant for the creation of the new Water District No. 12 and installation of approximately 30,000 linear feet of water main.
“New York State continues to provide unprecedented financial support to help communities upgrade water systems and improve water quality,” Hochul said in a statement. “Providing funding and resources to help local governments get shovels in the ground for water infrastructure improvement projects is a top priority, and we'll continue working together to modernize our infrastructure and provide safe, reliable water systems for generations to come.”