The City of Oxford, Miss., and the Vicksburg District of the Army Corps of Engineers signed a Project Partnership Agreement (PPA) on Sept. 15, which will help rehabilitate Oxford’s water distribution through the design and construction of a water supply and treatment project. The proposed work will including replacing and rehabilitating wells, pipelines, pumping stations, and treatment plants. PPA regulations state that assistance may only be provided for publicly-owned projects. The cost share for this project will be 75 percent federally funded and 25 percent non-federally funded. (Source: Oxford Eagle 09/24/20) https://www.oxfordeagle.com/2020/09/24/city-of-oxford-army-corps-of-engineers-sign-project-partnership-agreement/
The Corps, through the Sec. 592 program and the signed agreement with the city, will be allowed to provide reimbursed grant funds for the water treatment project in the amount of $1.7 million with a minimum local match by the city of 25 percent, or $567,000.
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