The state awarded $180 million in matching American Rescue Plan Act funds on Friday for water, wastewater and storm water projects.

The amount includes $35.6 million for Jackson, exactly what the city applied for last month from the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, which is administering the match program known as the Municipality & County Water Infrastructure Grant Program, or MCWI.

In total, the $180 million MDEQ awarded on Friday is less than half, 41%, of the $435 million that cities and counties applied for from the fund. The first round of awards leaves $270 million remaining in the MCWI fund. MDEQ clarified that $180 million was the maximum amount it could award in the first round of funding under SB 2822. A release from Sen. John Horhn, D-Jackson, said that the agency will begin a second round of funding in the spring.

The dollar-for-dollar match gives Jackson, which has said it needs $2 billion to fix its drinking water and wastewater systems, a total of $71.3 million in ARPA money for the following water projects:

• Jackson J.H. Fewell Plant Filter and Transmission Line Project Drinking Water ($8.8 million from MCWI)
• Jackson O.B. Curtis Raw Water Pump Replacement Drinking Water ($1.65 million)
• Jackson O.B. Curtis/J.H. Fewell Chemical Feed Automation Drinking Water ($1.45 million)
• Jackson O.B. Curtis General Filter Upgrade Project Drinking Water ($8.8 million)
• Jackson J.H. Fewell General Pump Repair and Replacement Drinking Water ($2.75 million)
• Jackson West Bank Interceptor Sewer Line Repair and Rehabilitation Project Wastewater ($7.5 million)
• Jackson Mill Street Sewer Basin Reconstruction Wastewater ($4.7 million)

Horhn said on Friday that “we are looking for the state to do more once the regular session begins in January.”

Overall, 130 projects around the state received funding: $93 million went to 76 wastewater projects, $47 million went to 36 drinking water projects, and $35 million went to 18 storm water projects.

Rankin County received the most money for a single project, getting $14.5 million for its “watershed protection and restoration program.” Meridian received the next highest project award with $8.9 million to improve its wastewater system as required in a federal consent decree.

See the table below for a full list of awarded projects:

Editor's note: This story has been updated to include a clarification from MDEQ and a full list of projects receiving funding.

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State awards $180 million in ARPA water and sewer funds, includes $36 million for Jackson

by Alex Rozier, Mississippi Today
November 4, 2022

<h1>State awards $180 million in ARPA water and sewer funds, includes $36 million for Jackson</h1> <p class="byline">by Alex Rozier, Mississippi Today <br />November 4, 2022</p> <p>The state awarded $180 million in matching American Rescue Plan Act funds on Friday for water, wastewater and storm water projects. </p> <p>The amount includes $35.6 million for Jackson, exactly what the city applied for <a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2022/10/05/misissippi-arpa-fund-water-sewer/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">last month</a> from the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, which is administering the match program known as the Municipality &amp; County Water Infrastructure Grant Program, or MCWI.</p> <p>In total, the $180 million MDEQ awarded on Friday is less than half, 41%, of the $435 million that cities and counties applied for from the fund. The first round of awards leaves $270 million remaining in the MCWI fund. MDEQ clarified that $180 million was the maximum amount it could award in the first round of funding under SB 2822. A release from Sen. John Horhn, D-Jackson, said that the agency will begin a second round of funding in the spring. </p> <p>The dollar-for-dollar match gives Jackson, which has said it needs $2 billion to fix its drinking water and wastewater systems, a total of $71.3 million in ARPA money for the following water projects:</p> <p>• Jackson J.H. Fewell Plant Filter and Transmission Line Project Drinking Water ($8.8 million from MCWI)<br />• Jackson O.B. Curtis Raw Water Pump Replacement Drinking Water ($1.65 million)<br />• Jackson O.B. Curtis/J.H. Fewell Chemical Feed Automation Drinking Water ($1.45 million)<br />• Jackson O.B. Curtis General Filter Upgrade Project Drinking Water ($8.8 million)<br />• Jackson J.H. Fewell General Pump Repair and Replacement Drinking Water ($2.75 million)<br />• Jackson West Bank Interceptor Sewer Line Repair and Rehabilitation Project Wastewater ($7.5 million)<br />• Jackson Mill Street Sewer Basin Reconstruction Wastewater ($4.7 million)</p> <p>Horhn said on Friday that “we are looking for the state to do more once the regular session begins in January.”</p> <p>Overall, 130 projects around the state received funding: $93 million went to 76 wastewater projects, $47 million went to 36 drinking water projects, and $35 million went to 18 storm water projects. </p> <p>Rankin County received the most money for a single project, getting $14.5 million for its "watershed protection and restoration program." Meridian received the next highest project award with $8.9 million to improve its wastewater system as required in a federal consent decree. </p> <p>See the table below for a full list of awarded projects:</p> <p>!function(){"use strict";window.addEventListener("message",(function(e){if(void 0!==e.data["datawrapper-height"]){var t=document.querySelectorAll("iframe");for(var a in e.data["datawrapper-height"])for(var r=0;r&lt;t.length;r++){if(t[r].contentWindow===e.source)t[r].style.height=e.data[&quot;datawrapper-height&quot;][a]+&quot;px&quot;}}}))}();</p> <p><em>Editor's note: This story has been updated to include a clarification from MDEQ and a full list of projects receiving funding. </em></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mississippitoday.org/2022/11/04/arpa-funds-awarded-water-sewer/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mississippitoday.org&quot;&gt;Mississippi Today&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.&lt;img src=&quot;https://cdn.mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/06074517/MT_icon-logo-favicon-1-200x200.png&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://mississippitoday.org/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=1084964&amp;amp;ga4=G-VSX4B701MS&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://mississippitoday.org/2022/11/04/arpa-funds-awarded-water-sewer/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/mississippitoday.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> Copy to Clipboard

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