Western Kentucky counties and their funding:
Ballard - $469,000 for projects in Barlow, Kevil, LaCenter, and Wickliffe
Caldwell - $768,000 for Princeton, Fredonia, and the Caldwell County water district
Calloway - $2.2 million for Murray and the Dexter-Almo Heights water district
Carlisle - $293,000 for Milburn
Crittenden - $546,000 for Marion and the Crittenden-Livingston water district
Fulton - $396,000 for Fulton and Hickman
Graves - $2.2 million for Mayfield, Wingo, Symsonia and the Graves water district
Hickman - $274,000 for Columbus
Livingston - $540,000 for Smithland, Salem, and the Crittenden-Livingston water district
Lyon - $527,000 for Eddyville, Kuttawa, Fredonia and the Lyon County water district
Marshall - $1.9 million for Benton, Calvert City, Hardin and North Marshall water district
McCracken - $4.1 million for Paducah Water Works and the Paducah-McCracken joint sewer agency
Trigg - $854,000 for Cadiz and the Barkley Lake water district
This year's funding is allocated based on each county’s proportion of the state’s population.
The funding comes from the second round of Gov. Beshear’s Cleaner Water Program. Approximately 1,500 unserved and 38,000 underserved homes will benefit from the water and sewer line projects alone. This does not include the Kentuckians who will benefit from projects like water and sewer treatment plant projects or water tank projects.
The Cleaner Water Program has been allocated $500 million by the state legislature since 2021.
The American Society of Civil Engineers in 2019 projected that Kentucky faces $14 billion in water and wastewater infrastructure needs over the next 20 years, including $8.2 billion in drinking water upgrades and $6.2 billion in sewer system improvements.
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