TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD APPROVES $18,535,000 FOR WATER-RELATED PROJECTS IN TEXAS

On June 18, 2009, the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) approved financial assistance to Texas water projects totaling $18,535,000 as follows:

$10,000,000 loan from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to finance water system improvements, utilizing the pre-design funding option to the City of Del Rio (Val Verde County);

$2,155,000 loan from the Rural Water Assistance Fund to finance water system improvements, utilizing the pre-design funding option to the McCoy Water Supply Corporation (Atascosa, Wilson, and Live Oak Counties);

$1,500,000 loan from the Texas Water Development Fund to finance water system improvements, utilizing the pre-design funding option to Mountain Peak Special Utility District (Ellis and Johnson Counties);

$3,175,000 loan from the Texas Water Development Fund to finance water system improvements, utilizing the pre-design funding option to the City of Vernon (Wilbarger County);

$1,705,000 loan from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund-Disadvantaged Community Program to finance wastewater system improvements to the City of Wilson (Lynn County).