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State Revolving Fund program

A total of $38 million in ARRA funds will go to communities across Montana for improvements to wastewater and water treatment systems through the State Revolving Fund (SRF) program. Administered by DNRC and the Montana Dept. of Environmental Quality, the SRF is a low-interest loan program that helps communities upgrade critical infrastructure at the lowest possible cost. Updated wastewater treatment and drinking water systems provide high-quality water for Montana households, improve water conservation, and protect water quality in streams, lakes and aquifers.

DNRC will fund an estimated 62 SRF projects that will:

  • Repair leaking water distribution lines
  • Repair leaking wastewater collection lines
  • Repair water storage tanks
  • Install water meters
  • Install storm sewer lines
  • Modernize water and wastewater treatment plants

Of the 62 anticipated projects, 12 are now in the bidding stage; more than half the bids have come in below project estimates. Construction is expected to begin in late June or early July. Some projects won’t go to construction until fall because of high water tables. A few of the largest projects will be in construction for two years. A list of funded SRF projects will be available soon.

DNRC continues to work with communities on project development and bidding for the remainder of the SRF projects.

Montana’s Regional Water Systems

Over the next two years, Montana will invest up to $8 million in construction projects on regional drinking water systems. The majority of these funds will be used to install distribution lines and construct water treatment facilities.

Two of the systems (Rocky Boys – North Central and Fort Peck – Dry Prairie) have been authorized to receive Congressional funding and are the products of successful partnerships between Tribal governments and off-reservation communities. When completed, these systems will provide clean and plentiful drinking water to more than 50 communities in northern and eastern Montana.

These systems are already designed and have the specifications in place to begin new construction in 2009. Montana’s four regional water systems support the local health and well-being of residents and also boost the local economy. Construction projects will be summarized on this Web site as they become ready for bid.

Renewable Resource Grant and Loan Program

Renewable resource grants fund projects that conserve, manage, develop, or preserve renewable resources in Montana. The Montana Reinvestment Act supplements this program with almost $4.2 million to fund the projects listed below. These 43 important projects will reduce sewage contamination to surface and groundwater, help communities with floodplain planning, conserve millions of gallons of water lost through leaky irrigation canals, and improve water storage facilities throughout Montana.

 

Renewable Resource Grant Projects

(ordered by project sponsor name)

Project Sponsor

Project

Grant Amount

Beaverhead Conservation District

Big Hole Spring Creek Kalsta Spring Creek Water Quality Enhancement

97,485

Big Horn Conservation District

Water Reservations Efficiency Study

33,706

Bitter Root Irrigation District

Bitter Root Irrigation District Siphon 1:Phase 1

100,000

Bozeman, City of

Hyalite Creek Source Water Protection Barrier Project

100,000

Buffalo Rapids Project District II

Conversion of Irrigation Canal Laterals 2.9/7.6 to Pipeline

100,000

Clinton Irrigation District

Main Canal Rehabilitation Project

99,610

Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes

Upper Jocko S Irrigation Canal Lining Project

100,000

Cut Bank, City of

Cut Bank Municipal Water System Improvements

100,000

Daly Ditches ID

Hedge Canal Diversion Dam Replacement

100,000

DNRC- Water Resources Division

Ruby Dam Rehabilitation Project

100,000

DNRC- Water Resources Division

Deadman's Basin Terminal Outlet Replacement Project

100,000

DNRC- Water Resources Division

Martinsdale Reservoir Dam Drain Project

100,000

DNRC- Water Resources Division

Nevada Creek Canal Design and Construction Project

100,000

DNRC- Water Resources Division

Twodot Canal Rehabilitation Project

100,000

Dutton, Town of

Dutton Waste Water System Improvements

100,000

East Bench Irrigation District

Sweetwater Seepage Area Canal Lining

100,000

Flathead Joint Board of Control

Jocko K Canal Lining

100,000

Fort Shaw Irrigation District

Water Quality and Quantity Improvement

100,000

Granite County

Granite County Solid Waste Improvements

100,000

Hardin, City of

Hardin Waste Water System Improvements

100,000

Helena Valley Irrigation District

Main Canal Lining Project

100,000

Jette Meadows Water and Sewer District

Jette Meadows Water System Improvements

100,000

Judith Gap, Town of

Judith Gap Water and Waste Water System Improvements

100,000

Kevin, Town of

Kevin Water System Improvements

100,000

Lake County

Lake County LiDAR Floodplain Mapping Project

100,000

Lewistown, City of

Lewistown Waste Water System Improvements

100,000

Livingston, City of

Livingston Anaerobic Digester Improvements and Composting

100,000

Lower Musselshell Conservation District

Lost Horse Creek Siphon Pipeline Rehabilitation

100,000

Manhattan, Town of

Manhattan Water System Improvements

100,000

Missoula County

Lewis and Clark Subdivision Water System Improvements

100,000

North Baker Water and Sewer District

North Baker Waste Water System Improvements

100,000

Philipsburg, Town of

Philipsburg Waste Water System Improvments

100,000

Ravalli County

Ravailli County Phase II LiDAR Flood Plain Mapping

100,000

Richland County Conservation District

Lower Yellowstone Groundwater Reservation

100,000

Shelby, City of

Shelby Waste Water System Improvements

100,000

Stevensville, Town of

Stevensville Waste Water Improvements Project

100,000

Sweet Grass County

Yellowstone Greycliff Study

80,000

Troy, City of

Troy Water System Improvements

100,000

Upper Lower River Road Water & Sewer District

Upper Lower River Road Phase 3 Water and Wastewater System Improvements

100,000

Virginia City, Town of

Virginia City Waste Water System Improvements

100,000

Whitefish, City of

Whitefish Waste Water System Improvements

100,000

Winifred, Town of

Winifred Waste Water System Improvements

100,000

Wolf Creek County Water and Sewer District

Wolf Creek Waste Water System Improvements

100,000

 

TOTAL

4,210,801

Reclamation and Development Grant Program

Reclamation and Development Grants fund projects that “indemnify the people of the state for the effects of mineral development on public resources and that meet other crucial state needs serving the public interest and the total environment of the citizens of Montana”. The Montana Reinvestment Act supplements this program with almost $1.8 million to fund the projects listed below. These eight important projects will restore natural resources damaged by resource extraction or processing activities at locations throughout Montana.

 

Project Sponsor

Project

Grant Amount

Cascade County Commission

County Shops Remediation of Wood Treatment Preservatives

$300,000

City of Shelby

Shelby Refinery

$300,000

Missoula County

St. Louis Creek Mine Reclamation

$300,000

Montana Board of Oil and Gas

2009 Northern District Orphaned Petroleum Well Site Restoration

$300,000

Montana Board of Oil and Gas

2009 Southern District Orphaned Petroleum Well Site Restoration

$300,000

MT - Department of Environmental Quality

Spring Meadow Lake Reclamation Project

$300,000

 

Total

$1,800,000