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CONGRESSMAN THOMPSON ANNOUNCES $1,200,000 AWARDED TO CASEY JONES WATER ASSOCIATION, INC

For Immediate Release

September 15, 2011

 

Contact: Stephanie Booker

 (601) 866-9003

 

CONGRESSMAN THOMPSON ANNOUNCES $1,200,000 AWARDED TO CASEY JONES WATER ASSOCIATION, INC


BOLTON, MISSISSIPPI – Today, United States Representative Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) announced The United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development has awarded a grant in the amount of $520,000 and a loan in the amount of $680,000 to the Casey Jones Water Association, Inc. in Vaughn, Mississippi.

The Rural Development funds will be used to install a new well to provide a much needed back-up water supply system with good quality water, a new SCADA control system for both wells and a radio read metering system to monitor water usage, a standby generator for the new well, upgrading of the distribution system and repainting of the existing storage tanks. The project will allow for better health and reasonable growth.

For more information, contact Mr. John W. Moore at 662.673.2270

 

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