OTHELLO -- A state grant will allow the city of Othello to rehabilitate a problematic water well and provide a long-term, safe water source, officials announced Tuesday.
The Washington Department of Commerce awarded nearly $4 million in recovery grants to six rural communities across the state through the Community Development Block Grant program.
The grants will fund construction projects, and create or support 75 jobs, the department announced.
In Othello, about 10 full-time construction jobs are expected to be created or retained for work on the Well No. 6 rehabilitation project, according to the department. Construction is scheduled to begin by December.
Well No. 6, the city's highest-producing well, has elevated levels of naturally-occurring fluoride that exceed health standards, the Department of Commerce said.
Fixing the well also will preserve jobs in the community by providing safe and reliable water supply to four major agricultural processing plants, the department said.
Another grant will go to the city of Grandview to reconstruct streets and sidewalks and install streetscape amenities on Wine Country Road as part of the city's Alive downtown improvement project.
The work is expected to create or retain 12 jobs.
And another grant will go to Grant County to allow it to renovate and expand the county's Fire District No. 3 station in George, the Department of Commerce said.
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