The EPA has awarded the Texas Water Development Board a grant worth $3.346 million in an effort to improve drinking water and provide assistance to disadvantaged neighborhoods in Texas. 

The funds will be allocated to those communities to finish many much-needed projects and activities needed for public water systems. 

“We are taking significant actions to modernize aging water infrastructure and reduce exposure to contaminants in drinking water,” EPA Regional Administrator Ken McQueen said. “Ensuring all Americans have access to clean water is a top priority for this administration."

The EPA granted this plan under the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act. Under the new plan for Small and Disadvantaged Communities, tribes and territories are qualified to receive funding from the EPA. 

The EPA is prepared to award $42.8 million in grants to bring public drinking water systems into compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act.