08/16/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 08/16/2024 14:21
Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority (GEFA) awarded five communities grant funding totaling $30,500,000 to address PFAS and additional emerging contaminants in drinking water.
Awarded grants:
Project and grant details:
City of Calhoun
The $7,000,000 EC-DW grant will fund conducting pilot testing and upgrading drinking water plants to treat for PFAS.
Chatsworth Water Works Commission
The $3,500,000 EC-SDC grant will fund conducting a pilot study to treat for PFAS and upgrading the city's drinking water plant. This pilot study will generate data for a range of PFAS treatment options to compare treatment efficiencies and operational and maintenance costs. The study will also evaluate PFAS removal and waste destruction technologies.
Clayton County Water Authority
The $14,000,000 EC-DW grant will fund engineering services for a design-build project to upgrade and replace the county's water treatment plants to treat for PFAS.
City of Summerville
The $3,500,000 EC-SDC grant will fund a pilot study to treat for PFAS and upgrading the city's drinking water plant.
City of Tennille
The $2,500,000 EC-SDC grant will fund improvements to the city's drinking water wells, which are currently out of service due to contamination, and install a filtration system.
BIL investment in the water sector includes $50 billion to the EPA to strengthen the nation's drinking water and wastewater systems.