Gov. DeSantis announces over $100M in grants for water-quality improvement, some in Central Florida

TAMPA, Fla. – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a news conference Wednesday morning in Tampa, announcing $112 million in grants for water-quality improvements along the Gulf Coast and for some Central Florida utilities companies.

The disbursements were described as follows:

• $50 million - Fourteen alternative water supply grants across the Gulf Coast and in Central Florida, including for Toho Water Authority and Polk Regional Water Cooperative in Osceola and Polk counties, respectively.
• $50 million - Twenty-three projects regarding freshwater springs, including:
  • $2.9 million for a septic-to-sewer conversion project in Newberry.
  • $1 million to Alachua Conservation Trust, Inc., for the Suwannee High Recharge Pinelands Land Acquisition.
  • $1.6 million for Inverness’ sewer extension septic-to-sewer project.
  • $6.1 million for Wakulla County’s Crawfordville East phase V and VI septic-to-sewer project.
• $12 million - Sixteen projects for state universities and counties to combat algal blooms.

DeSantis was joined at The Hula Bay Club by Alexis Lambert, secretary of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

Watch the news conference again in the video player below or by clicking here.

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