The City of Calhoun and Summerville, through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority (GEFA) have been awarded communities grant funding that will go toward addressing PFAS and additional emerging contaminants in drinking water.

City of Calhoun

The $7,000,000 EC-DW grant will fund conducting pilot testing and upgrading drinking water plants to treat for PFAS.

City of Summerville

The $3,500,000 EC-SDC grant will fund a pilot study to treat for PFAS and upgrading the city’s drinking water plant.

Other precipitants include:

  • Chatsworth Water Works Commission awarded a $3,500,000 Emerging Contaminants in Small or Disadvantaged Communities (EC-SDC) grant
  • Summerville awarded a $3,500,000 EC-SDC grant