BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, announced the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $430,000 to the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality and Tri-County Water District to implement a program to provide drinking water assistance to underserved, small, and disadvantaged communities.
These funds will be distributed through the Assistance for Small and Disadvantaged Communities Drinking Water Grant Program to extend new water main extensions to residences currently using private wells or hauling in drinking water.