Consortium weighs funding pathways for contaminated private wells; USDA pilot, CDBG limits discussed
At a Clean Water Consortium meeting in Morrow County, grant writers and county staff reviewed federal and state options to help households with contaminated or failing domestic wells, concluding some programs are a poor fit and authorizing staff to pursue a nonprofit-led USDA pilot.
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Matt Jensen, managing director of the Clean Water Consortium (CWC) and Morrow County administrator, convened a follow-up meeting to discuss funding pathways for private (domestic) wells after preliminary project work identified widespread contamination and service gaps.
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