MT. VERNON - The village of Waltonville recently received a $130,000 grant to tap into Rend Lake's water supply.
The village received a grant through the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for a new pump system to hook into the Rend Lake water line along Hall Lane, said Walter Cox of Heneghan and Associates in Centralia.
"The only other thing that causes me — that we're going to talk about with them is 'metering equipment water main upstream,' is, 'the meter stations and the land upon which they are located shall be the property of the district as soon as the system becomes operational and the water main and master meter are accepted by the district'," he said. "... That one, I've got to sort through and figure out how we're going to accomplish that. If you go ahead with the project once we get past the design stage, that's funded through the DCEO grant, but to be able to physically build it, we'll apply for grant funds through them and/or loan and grant funds through Rural Development." - http://goo.gl/rM8t2
