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CONGRESSMAN BISHOP APPLAUDS USDA RURAL DEVELOPMENT GRANT TO HELP IMPROVE WATER SYSTEMS FOR SOUTHWEST GEORGIA FAMILIES

Statement

Date: Jan. 14, 2022
Location: Dawson, GA
Issues: Infrastructure

Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) applauded the recent award of a $264,008 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Decentralized Water Systems Grant to the Golden Triangle Resource Conservation and Development Area, Inc. The organization will be contributing $29,351 of its own funds to the project. Altogether, the $293,359 will be used for its ongoing revolving loan fund project which helps low-income residents in Southwest Georgia's rural areas repair or replace individually-owned household water well and septic wastewater systems.

"For too many low-income families in our rural communities, the costs to repair or replace water systems can be prohibitive," said Congressman Bishop. "These federal funds through the USDA provide vital support to local projects like this and help ensure all Georgians have access to clean water and good functioning wastewater systems."


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