The Environmental Protection Agency announced over $200,000 dollars in grant money to help small South Dakota communities.
The funding is part of a national EPA grant meant to assist small and financially struggling communities build stormwater and sewer overflow infrastructure.
Heavy rainfall can overload wastewater facilities. Stormwater management is necessary to keep pollutants away from clean drinking water.
“With $248,000 in grant funding, EPA is helping South Dakota address the threat of stormwater inundation in communities that need it most,” said EPA Regional Administrator KC Becker.
The funding aims to help communities build operate, and maintain better water systems.
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has recently changed to allow 25% of the federal grant monies from the fund go to projects in small and or financially distressed communities.
States receiving these funds are not required to contribute cost share of the projects.
