Norwich Receives Portion of $40 Million to Improve Water Treatment

The Department of Public Health (DPH) announced Thursday that Norwich would be part of the $40 million in low interest loans to protect the state’s public drinking water by financing local projects aimed at improving water treatment plants and other facilities that was approved by the State Bond Commission on May 27.

Norwich will receive $13.5 million for water treatment plant filtration upgrades, finished water transmission main improvements, and construction of a new water storage tank to improve water quality.

“By working closely with public water systems, the State of Connecticut continues to ensure that public drinking water infrastructure is maintained in working order and is sustainable into the future. The funding approved by the Bond Commission will ensure that this important work will continue,” said DPH Commissioner Raul Pino. “As a result, our residents will continue to receive high-quality potable drinking water.”

The package approved by the Bond Commission will make it possible for the state’s Drinking Water Fund (DWF) to provide low-interest loans to local and regional public water systems for drinking water improvement projects. Under this program, loans are repaid at approximately half the market interest rate over 20 years.