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(Orange, TX) The Sabine River Authority of Texas (SRA) was pleased to award the Orange County WCID #2 (District) a Community Assistance Program Grant on December 19^th as part of SRA’s Fiscal Year 2019 Economic Development Initiative.

The $10,000 check will be used to assist the District to purchase and install additional generators for water wells.

David Montagne, SRA’s Executive Vice-President and General Manager, in a letter to the District, wrote “The District’s project to purchase and install additional generators for water wells is an initiative that SRA supports in its efforts to improve water and wastewater systems throughout the basin” and “SRA looks forward to working with the District in the future as we continue to focus on increasing the economic vitality of the Sabine River Basin.” Funds provided for the Community Assistance Grant Program must fall within four project categories, which include 1) Water Supply; 2) Wastewater Management; 3) Water Conservation; and 4) Water Quality and most are limited to $10,000 per project.

Funds for the grant to the Orange County WCID #2 were approved by SRA’s Board of Directors in December 2018.

In order to be eligible for the Community Assistance Program, applicants should be a governmental entity, district, or a non-profit, member-owned water supply corporation or sewer service corporation and located within the Sabine River Basin of Texas.

Water resource projects should be consistent with the statutory mission of SRA. Created as a conservation and reclamation district in 1949, responsibilities of the SRA are to control, store, preserve and distribute the waters of the Sabine River and its tributary system for useful purposes.

The Sabine River Basin covers a large portion of East Texas with a population of over 551,000 in all or part of 21 counties according to U.S. 2010 Census figures.

A large portion of that area is rural in nature.

For more information about SRA’s Community Assistance Program, contact Mary Vann at (409) 746-2192 or email: [email protected].