LDH awarded a low-interest subsidized loan worth $8 million to the Baton Rouge Water Company.
According to the Louisiana Department of Health’s Office of Public Health, the loan was made "through the State’s Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund."
The loan was closed on Thursday, April 12 and it will allow the Baton Rouge Water Company to not have to pay back up to $500,000 of the loan.
LDH said the $8 million loan will allow for the installation of "secondary chlorine containment units at 60 sites plus one additional portable unit and a dry chlorine scrubber at a large chlorine holding facility."
If the project is successful, the safety level should be raised around the treatment of water within the Baton Rouge Water System.
According to Dr. Parham Jaberi, assistant secretary for the Office of Public Health, "Access to safe drinking water is critical to all Louisiana residents.
The Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund helps water systems fund improvement projects, bringing safe and clean drinking water to their customers.”