LIBERTY, NY — For the fourth year in a row, the Town of Liberty was successful in obtaining a grant from the New York State Consolidated Funding (CFA) process. This year’s award is in the amount of $599,500 for a much needed replacement of a major water line in the White Sulphur Springs Water District. This water line replacement represents Phase 5 of the plan to address the town’s water infrastructure needs. Past grant awards have been used to correct deficiencies at the Loomis wastewater treatment facility and other work in the White Sulphur Springs Water District. These grant monies represent out-of-pocket savings to the residents of these districts, because without these grants the money would have to come directly from the district residents in the form of higher levees.

The Village of Liberty was also successful, being awarded $599,500 to become compliant with their New York State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit and improve the ultraviolet treatment at the village wastewater treatment facility. Under the CFA process, there were only six grants awarded in Sullivan County for a total of approximately $1.5 million. The awards to the Village and Town of Liberty constitute nearly $1.2 million of the total awarded in the county.