Dothan has been awarded $12.5 million in grant and low-interest loan money to replace old water mains that have served their usefulness.
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management announced Thursday that it is awarding $348 million in grants and loans to repair and upgrade crumbling, malfunctioning, and overwhelmed water and sewer systems around the state. More funding is expected to be announced in the coming months.
People are also reading… ADEM is supplementing the $225 million with other federal and state funds. The department expects to receive $765 million over the next five years – including $137 million in 2022 – from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed by Congress last year. ADEM plans to combine that with $111 million in grants and loans through the State Revolving Fund.Along with Dothan, Columbia was awarded $1.36 million for water projects, and Ashford received $826,332 for water upgrades.
Dothan residents, Mayes said, have dealt with “red water” issues since the 1980s. The city flushes the system to alleviate problems in certain areas and have replaced old water lines over the years. “This is a way to get it done faster,” Mayes said. “With the grant and the low-interest loan, it gives us a way to get quite a bit done in a faster stretch.”
Nearly half of the state’s 1,061 public water and sewer systems statewide submitted requests for projects totaling more than $3.2 billion, according to ADEM’s news release. As of Sept. 15, ADEM had awarded funding to systems in at least 48 of Alabama’s 67 counties. ADEM Director Lance LeFleur said the grants and loans represent an “unprecedented” investment in the state’s public water and sewer system. Funds, he said, are going to communities with the most critical needs and that would not otherwise be able to afford the repairs and upgrades on their own.
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