Update: Red Rock Rural Water System to receive $819,000 grant and $1,768,000 loan

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5:50 p.m. Update

JEFFERS — Safe drinking water will be provided to 125 connections, mostly residences, in Jackson, Cottonwood and Murray counties, thanks to a $819,000 grant and a $1,768,000 loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to Red Rock Rural Water System.

“It’ll give them an opportunity to access good quality and quantity of water, which many of these people do not have,” said Dominic Jones, manager of the Red Rock Rural Water System. “In their locations in the rural areas, they often have to deal with a high hardness level of water, high sulfate levels and maybe contaminated water supplies.”

In order to apply for the grant and loan money, Red Rock began with a preliminary engineering report and an environmental review, as well as the commitment to the project of the 125 people. The application was sent in May 2009, and Red Rock will offer the projects, which have already been designed, as soon as it can.

Jones hopes the project will be complete by the end of 2010.

For the rest of the story, read tomorrow's Daily Globe.

3:35 p.m. Original Post

WASHINGTON D.C. - The Red Rock Rural Water System was today selected to receive a $819,000 grant and a $1,768,000 loan from USDA Rural Development to provide safe drinking water to 125 new connections, mainly in Jackson, Cottonwood and Murray counties.

Funds will also be used for pipe replacement and a well upgrade, noted a press release sent by Minnesota Rep. Tim Walz.

More information will be posted as it becomes available.

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