Purpose the hancock county utility authority cedar point wastewater pump station improvement project grant is awarded to mississippi department of environmental quality under the restore act direct…

The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality received a $1,368,081 formula grant award on June 19, 2025, from the U.S. Department of the Treasury under the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States (RESTORE) Act Direct Component Program (CFDA 21.015). The subrecipient, Hancock County Utility Authority, will execute the Cedar Point Wastewater Pump Station Improvement Project in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, scheduled for completion by December 19, 2027. The project will upgrade the existing Cedar Point pump station to improve water quality and coastal ecosystem protection by reducing wastewater overflow potential and mitigating pump station reliability and capacity issues.

The deliverables under this award focus on infrastructure improvements to prevent wastewater discharges that would otherwise adversely impact adjacent coastal streams, the Jourdan River, the Bay of St. Louis, and the Gulf of Mexico. The project objectives include eliminating wastewater system failures in the project area through pump station facility enhancements that will benefit coastal communities throughout the Hancock County Gulf Coast region. As a noncompetitive formula grant, this award represents direct allocation funding under the RESTORE Act's framework for economic and ecological restoration activities in eligible Gulf Coast jurisdictions.

Purpose the hancock county utility authority cedar point wastewater pump station improvement project grant is awarded to mississippi department of environmental quality under the restore act direct component program to support improvements to water quality by reducing the potential of wastewater overflows due to pump station reliability and capacity issues, where runoff would have adverse effects upon adjacent coastal streams, jourdan river, the BAY of ST. Louis and eventually the gulf of america.activities to be performed upgrade the existing cedar point pump station in BAY ST louis, mississippi.end goalexpected outcomes the project objective is to mitigate wastewater system failures in the project area through improvements to the pump station facility.beneficiaries the project will benefit the coastal communities of the hancock county gulf coast region.subrecipient activities the subrecipient, the hancock county utility authority, will carry out the scope of work for the project.