IPG grants awarded to NETN utility providers

More than $2 million in grant funding has been awarded to utility providers in Northeast Tennessee to assist in long-term planning for water and sewer systems. The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development announced Thursday that 24 recipients had received nearly $7.4 million in funding across the state. The grants were awarded through the Infrastructure Planning Grant program. The City of Elizabethton, Bloomingdale Utility District, Brownlow Utility District of Johnson County, Erwin Utilities Authority and the Town of Rogersville Water Department all received IPG grants. The IPG program serves utility systems in distressed counties and rural communities.