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The Eastern Municipal Water District has received $36.3 million from the State Water Resources Control Board, the largest grant ever received by the district.
That money will be used to help pay for the district’s Perris North Groundwater Program, which is meant to improve groundwater quality in and around Moreno Valley, according to a statement released by the district.
Once in place, the program will use local groundwater – up to 6,700 acre-feet per year – which will reduce reliance on imported water.
The grant covers about half of the estimated $72 million needed to pay for the program, which will remove and contain nitrates, perchlorates, volatile organic compounds from the North Perris Groundwater Basin.
“We thank the State Water Resources Control Board for their support and shared vision toward a sustainable solution,” District Board President Ron Sullivan said in a statement. “We appreciate their ongoing commitment toward addressing groundwater quality issues in the region.”
Funding for the grant comes from the Proposition One Water Bond of 2014, according to the statement.
