Calloway County set to receive over $2.2 million in state funds

Calloway County is one of several in the region set to receive help in state funds for various projects.

The announcement came on Thursday and the money is part of $217,200,881 in state funding to support projects that will provide clean drinking water and improve water infrastructure across the state.

The funding comes from the second round of Gov. Andy Beshear's Cleaner Water Program. 

Calloway County will receive over $2.2 million in funding for three projects. 

One of those projects will deliver clean water to 60 homes that currently don't have water service. Another project will deliver clean water to 23 homes that currently rely on wells for their water.

Several other counties will receive money for various projects as well.

McCracken County will receive $4,123,045, Graves County $2,226,232, Marshall County $1,923,116, Ballard County $469,435, Caldwell County $768,359, Carlisle County $293,154, Crittenden County $546,095, Fulton County $527,871, Hickman County $274,627, Livingston County $539,899, Lyon County $527,264, and Trigg County $854,131.

The Cleaner Water Program has been allocated $500 million by the state legislature since 2021. The total amount of round two funding is $249,925,000, meaning there is still over $32 thousand remaining to be awarded. 

The 2022 funding will be allocated based on each county's proportion of the state's population, with the exception of Jefferson County's share, which is discounted by 50% based on its high per capita allocation from the federal act. A list of the allocations by county can be found here. Every county will receive funding once all the money is allocated.