Amador County is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a 2014 CDBG Grant by the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development.

This grant has a total amount of $1.6 million, of which $95,000 is dedicated to performing a planning study on needed improvements to the River Pines PUD water system, and $1.5 million is dedicated to improvements to the Amador Water Association’s CAWP system in Pioneer. The improvements paid for with this grant include upgrades to the Pioneer water distribution and repair or replacement of fire hydrants on the system, eliminating a potential health issue caused by low pressure when the hydrants are utilized.

Amador County Board of Supervisors Chairman Ted Novelli said “I am extremely pleased to see the efforts by so many different agencies pay off in such a tremendous way. It goes to show what we can accomplish when we bring all of our agencies together to work as a team.”

Amador County applied for the grant on behalf of AWA and River Pines, who each prepared their portion of the grant application. Terry Cox, of Cox Consulting also worked with all entities to submit the applications.

The grant documents are being finalized, and the projects will commence as soon as the associated agreements are signed.