State awards $104.2 million in loans for clean water projects

The Massachusetts Clean Water Trust’s Board of Trustees on Dec. 4 approved $104.2 million in low-interest loans and grants to cities, towns and water utilities through the Massachusetts State Revolving Funds.

The funds help communities build or replace water infrastructure that enhances existing water resources, ensures drinking water safety, protects public health, and increases community resilience.

More than $96.9 million went to clean water projects in Fairhaven, Fitchburg, Haverhill and Swansea, including $70 million for wastewater treatment facility upgrades in Fairhaven.

A $4.8 million grant went to a drinking water project overseen by the Pine Valley Plantation Cooperative Corporation.

More than $2 million in Asset Management Planning Grants went to Auburn, Cheshire, Fairhaven, Franklin, Great Barrington, Groveland, Haverhill, Medway, Milford, Milton, Needham, Oxford-Rochdale Sewer District, Pemborke, Wayland, Williamstown and Winchester.

Peabody and Yarmouth received a total of $81,500 in related cybersecurity improvement grants. Chicopee and Marion received grants totalling $338,000 for sewer overflow mitigation and stormwater reuse. A $3,000 School Water Improvement Grant was awarded to Family Access of Newton.

For more information, visit the SRF programs webpage. Information on the state’s Loan Forgiveness Program is also available online.