From The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel (Paul Shockley):
Customers of the Mesa Water and Sanitation District will benefit after Colorado recently announced funding for upgrades to the entity’s drinking and wastewater systems.
The local entity is to receive $221,700 combined from the Colorado Department of Public Heath and Environment, among the 32 drinking water and wastewater systems in small communities getting some $9.4 million in total funding, state authorities said in a release.
Burt Dole, president of the Mesa district, said Westwater Engineering has already started design work on the project. They aim to break ground this spring, he said.
“The funds we have been granted should allow us to get completion of the entire project,” he said.
The Mesa Water and Sanitation District serves Mesa and an area stretching to KE Road and Colorado Highway 65.
Governmental agencies, nonprofit public water systems and counties representing unincorporated areas with fewer than 5,000 people were eligible to apply for up to $850,000 in funding, which was provided by the Legislature under Senate Bill 09-165 and SB14-025.
Three entities in Delta County, Stucker Mesa Domestic Water Company, Cathedral Water Company and the Coalby Domestic Water Company, also received funding.