NEWBURGH – The Newburgh water filtration plant will receive state-of-the-art upgrades thanks to a $3 million grant from the state.
The facility, on Little Britain Road, was initially placed online in the 1960s and the funding will allow it to be brought up to current standards, said City Manager Joseph Donat. “The $3 million is going to allow for the water plant to continue to advance a number of operational automations that it has in place now to oversee the city’s water supply and these $3 million investments are going to bring the city into the next level as it supplies nearly three million gallons of water per day,” he said. “So it is going to automate the filtration and distribution of the city’s water.”
The total cost of the project is $5 million with the remainder coming from additional sources.
Other state water grants include:
- $856,000 to the City of Beacon
- $2.9 million to the Village of Catskill
- $1 million to the Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson
- $2.3 million to the Town of Crawford
- $2.5 million to the Town of Esopus
- $3 million to the Town of Fishkill
- Over $5 million for two projects in the Village of Fishkill
- $3 million to the Village of Florida
- $321,000 for the City of Hudson
- $2.2 million for three projects in the City of Kingston
- $3 million for the Village of New Paltz
- $392,000 for the Town of New Windsor
- $750,000 for the City of Peekskill
- $660,000 for the Village of South Blooming Grove
- $1 million for the Town of Wappinger
