Over $6 million earmarked for drinking water, wastewater projects in NH

ARPA, state revolving loan funds targeted for infrastructure around state

June 15, 2022

NH Business Review Staff,

The city of Concord is receiving a $760,000 ARPA grant to he;p fund improvements at its Hall Street wastewater treatment facility.

Over $6 million from the American Rescue Plan Act and other sources is heading to New Hampshire to help communities across the state fund projects aimed at improving their drinking water and wastewater treatment infrastructure and related projects.

The funding, approved by the Executive Council, is made up of a combination of grants and loans through the ARPA and the state’s Drinking Water State Revolving Fund and Clean Water State Revolving Fund.

The funds are targeted for the following:

Antrim: $34,000 ARPA grant to implement a clean water energy audit
Concord: $760,000 ARPA grant to help pay for a $3.8 million improvement project at the Hall Street wastewater treatment facility
Enfield: $1.33 million state revolving fund loan and a $575,000 grant to make water system improvements
Enfield: a $950,000 clean water revolving fund loan and a $950,000 ARPA grant for wastewater infrastructure improvements
Lincoln: a $215,000 ARPA grant to conduct a clean water energy audit measure
Milford: a $100,000 ARPA grant for wastewater planning
Northwood: $1.9 million ARPA disadvantaged grant to help Loon Estates Cooperative make improvements to its drinking water and wastewater systems
Woodstock: $74,000 ARPA grant to implement clean water energy audit measures
University of New Hampshire: $315,834 ARPA grant to use the New Hampshire Stream Crossing Initiative and analyze assessment data to help identify culvert replacement projects with the greatest environmental and societal benefits
Tighe & Bond Inc.: $133,975 ARPA grant to conduct water audits at 25 New Hampshire community water systems
Weston & Sampson: A $500,000 ARPA grant, $95,543 drinking water grant and a $95,543 clean water grant to conduct help the owners and operators of publicly owned wastewater and drinking water systems to conduct assessments to improve their systems’ resilience.

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