United States Department of Agriculture.

• Author: Gallion, Mari
• Position: INSIDE ALASKA BUSINESS - Finance for water system - Brief article

Federal Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the award of eleven grants to help rural Alaska villages finance water system upgrades and improve the quality of life for residents.

USDA is providing $27.7 million through the Rural Alaska Village grant program. Awardees and the villages selected for funding, which is contingent upon the recipient meeting the terms of the grant agreement.

Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium received $4,627,920 to improve water and wastewater systems in Kwethluk, $5,338,236 to build a water treatment plant and water storage tank in Lower Kalskag, $1,950,000 to construct a sewage lagoon in Eek, received $790,875 to build a water storage tank in Golovin, $150,000 for project design and to conduct an...