Mauriceville Special Utility District

Receives Community Assistance Grant

Text Box: SRA Presents Assistance Grant
to Mauriceville SUD

Standing from left: MSUD General Manager Jeff Holland, MSUD Board Member Ted Williams, SRA Board Member Cal Ebner, MSUD Board Member Frank Abernathy
Seated from left: MSUD Board Members Sharon Bland, Herman “Butch” Walton and Patrick Rainey

(Mauriceville, TX) The Sabine River Authority of Texas (SRA) is pleased to award the Mauriceville Special Utility District (SUD) a Community Assistance Grant as part of their FY-2005 Economic Development Initiative. The $10,000 check will be used to provide sewer service to homes on Meadowlark Lane in Orange County. This project will bring homes that have failing systems in compliance with Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) standards. “Providing new systems to this neighborhood will stop the pollution and solve their enforcement problems,” stated Mauriceville SUD General Manager, Jeff Holland. “We appreciate SRA’s assistance program. Helping residents upgrade their failing systems will ultimately better protect our watershed,” added Holland. The grant received from SRA will be combined with local funds for a total wastewater infrastructure improvement of $22,188 for the SUD. “SRA is proud to partner with the Mauriceville Special Utility District in their efforts to improve the quality of services provided to its customers,” stated SRA General Manager Jerry Clark.

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Funds provided for the Community Assistance Grant Program must fall within four project categories, which include 1) Water Supply; 2) Wastewater Management;

3) Water Conservation; and 4) Water Quality and are limited to $10,000 per project.

The Mauriceville SUD was one of five entities approved for funding by SRA’s Board of Directors in October of 2004.

In order to be eligible for the Community Assistance Program, applicants should be a governmental entity (City, County, SUD, MUD or COG) or a non-profit, member-owned Water Supply Corporation and located within the Sabine River Basin of Texas. Water resource projects should be consistent with the statutory mission of SRA-Texas. Created as a conservation and reclamation district in 1949, responsibilities of the Sabine River Authority of Texas are to control, store, preserve and distribute the waters of the Sabine River and its tributary system for useful purposes.

The Sabine River Basin covers a large portion of East Texas with a population of approximately 600,000 in all or part of 21 counties according to U.S. 2000 Census figures. A large portion of that area is rural in nature. “The Sabine River Authority of Texas is providing this grant opportunity to promote the improvement of the quality and quantity of services essential for the development and growth of viable communities within the Sabine River Basin,” said SRA General Manager Jerry Clark. “SRA is committed to work in tandem with existing counties and communities throughout the basin to promote the economic vitality of the region.”

The next round of funding for this program will be in December of 2004. For more information about the Community Assistance Program, you may contact Ann Galassi at (409) 746-2192 or email: agalassi@sra.dst.tx.us