The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service awarded a $920,000 Emergency Community Water Assistance Grant (CFDA 10.763) to the Cherokee Hills Utility District, a non-profit organization in Copperhill, Tennessee. The grant, awarded on April 17, 2024, will fund a two-year project to obtain, treat, distribute, and store potable water to address water supply and quality issues resulting from emergency events such as droughts or natural disasters in the Copperhill area. This project is part of the Rural Utilities Service's program to provide critical funding to rural communities experiencing significant declines in water quantity or quality due to emergency events, enabling them to obtain adequate quantities of water that meet federal standards.
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