TWDB approved $7,533,211 for rural water projects

The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) approved $7,533,211 in financial assistance for rural water projects around the state.

The assistance will allow rural communities to address water and wastewater system improvements and to develop an indirect potable reuse system, according to TWDB.

TWDB will fund the following water projects:

• $96,961 in financial assistance to the Westphalia Water Supply Corporation (Falls County) for water system improvements;

• $2,440,000 in financial assistance to the City of Olney (Young County) for development of an indirect potable reuse system;

• $4,996,250 in financial assistance to the Angelina & Neches River Authority (Angelina County) for wastewater system improvements.