IRON RIVER, MI— The city of Iron River is getting a grant from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation to upgrade its water distribution system.
The $1.3 million comes from the Community Development Block Grant Water-Related Infrastructure program. It assists low- and moderate-income communities in making improvements or upgrades to their existing water, sewer, and wastewater public infrastructure systems.
Iron River will provide a $455,000 match.
“This project will benefit the entire low- and moderate-income area by greatly improving the city's water distribution system by increasing and assuring healthy, safe, and secure potable drinking water to the residents of the city of Iron River,” said City Manager Rachel Andreski. “The Michigan Economic Development Corporation provided the city with a much-needed grant in the among of $1,363,800 which will allow the city to make these improvements without having to raise the city’s customer rates. The city of Iron River is a low- to moderate-income community and cannot afford another rate increase to make these improvements on their own.”
