City receives Community Assistance Grant
The city of Wills Point, represented by Mayor Mark Turner and City Administrator Pam Pearson, accepted a grant in the amount of $10,000 from the Sabine River Authority of Texas Feb. 21. The grant funds will be be used to repair or reconstruct the main water transmission line from the city’s Lake Tawakoni pump station and install a variable frequency drive on the pump to reduce the force on the line and fittings on startup.
The Sabine River Authority of Texas (SRA) was pleased to award the city of Wills Point a Community Assistance Program Grant on Feb. 21 as part of SRA’s Fiscal Year 2018 Economic Development Initiative. The $10,000 check will be used to repair or reconstruct the main water transmission line from the city’s Lake Tawakoni pump station and install a variable frequency drive on the pump to reduce the force on the line and fittings on startup. After being made aware of the City’s need, SRA was pleased to quickly respond through its grant program. David Montagne, SRA’s Executive Vice-President and General Manager, in a letter to the city, wrote: “SRA supports the proposed project and understands the critical importance of repairing the city’s main water transmission line from Lake Tawakoni and installing a variable frequency drive on the pump as quickly as possible. We hope these funds will assist in that endeavor.”
Funds provided for the Community Assistance Grant Program must fall within four project categories, which include 1) Water Supply; 2) Wastewater Management; 3) Water Conservation; and 4) Water Quality and are limited to $10,000 per project.
In order to be eligible for the Community Assistance Program, applicants should be a governmental entity, district, or a non-profit, member-owned water supply corporation or sewer service corporation and located within the Sabine River Basin of Texas. Water resource projects should be consistent with the statutory mission of SRA.
Created as a conservation and reclamation district in 1949, responsibilities of the SRA are to control, store, preserve and distribute the waters of the Sabine River and its tributary system for useful purposes. The Sabine River Basin covers a large portion of East Texas with a population of over 551,000 in all or part of 21 counties according to U.S. 2010 Census figures. A large portion of that area is rural in nature.
For more information about SRA’s Community Assistance Program, contact Mary Vann at (409) 746-2192 or email: cap@sratx.org.
