Utah
EPA announces $63 million in federal funding for Utah’s drinking water
SALT LAKE CITY — The U.S Environmental Safety Company introduced Friday $63 million in federal funding to help with water infrastructure enhancements across the state, which incorporates clear consuming water.
Greater than $50 billion has been allotted to the EPA by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Regulation. This funding helps with offering clear, protected and dependable consuming water to communities throughout the nation.
“This Bipartisan Infrastructure Regulation funding will help unprecedented investments in wastewater remedy and consuming water infrastructure throughout Utah’s communities,” stated EPA Regional Administrator KC Becker in a information launch. “These initiatives will create jobs and modernize and lengthen the water techniques that maintain our rivers clear and our water protected to drink in each nook of the state.”
Federal funding to assist with consuming water
The grant is the primary essential distribution of water infrastructure cash from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Regulation.
“We’re grateful to the management of Senator Romney and all who labored to make this essential funding a actuality,” stated Utah Division of Environmental High quality Director Kim Shelley in a information launch. “A lot of Utah’s consuming and wastewater infrastructure has reached or exceeded its helpful life. We’re additionally confronted with drought and speedy development. And communities are struggling to maintain up with the excessive price of main infrastructure initiatives. Bipartisan Infrastructure Regulation funding will enable these communities to not solely deal with short-term wants but in addition plan for a water resilient future.”