(BOSTON 1/4/2023) — State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg, Chair of the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust (Trust) Board of Trustees, has announced that more than $107.3 million in grants were awarded for 43 projects in 35 communities across the Commonwealth. The grant funds are awarded to cities, towns, counties, and water utilities to help pay for improvements to drinking water and wastewater infrastructure.

Millbury is among the communities selected, with an award totaling $141,000 for their Sewer Rehabilitation Project. This project will remove infiltration and inflow and address structural defects in sewer pipes and maintenance hole covers, as recommended by a prior sewer system evaluation survey.

“I am pleased to hear of the Trust’s decision to award Millbury this generous loan forgiveness grant,” said Senator Michael Moore (D-Millbury). “This funding will help strengthen Millbury’s sewer system and ensure it remains resilient in the decades to come, protecting our residents, wildlife, and groundwater. I’d like to thank the Clean Water Trust and Treasurer Goldberg for their work toward improving the Commonwealth’s infrastructure.”

“These grants will support vital water infrastructure projects throughout the state,” said State Treasurer Deborah B. Goldberg. “This investment furthers our commitment to ensuring the health and safety of all Massachusetts residents by providing access to clean drinking water in even more communities this coming year.”

The Trust, in collaboration with MassDEP, helps communities build or replace water infrastructure that enhances ground and surface water resources, ensures the safety of drinking water, protects public health, and develops resilient communities. It accomplishes these objectives by providing low-interest loans and grants to cities, towns and water utilities through the Massachusetts State Revolving Funds (SRFs). The SRF programs are partnerships between the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. SRFs function like an environmental infrastructure bank by financing water infrastructure projects in cities and towns across the Commonwealth.

Since its establishment in 1989, the Trust has loaned nearly $8.1 billion to improve and maintain the quality of water in the Commonwealth. An estimated 97 percent of Massachusetts' residents have benefited from the financial assistance of the Trust.

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