Plans are underway for the modernization of a wastewater treatment plant that serves the town of Anthony, Texas, roughly 20 miles to the north of El Paso.
Work at the facility, located at 401 Wildcat Drive, will allow the plant to remove arsenic from Anthony’s potable groundwater supply.
The project is now expected to receive nearly $600,000 in federal funds via appropriations legislation now winding its way through Congress.
According to the office of Texas Representative Veronica Escobar, the El Paso metro area is in line to receive a total of around $19.2 million out of Washington for exactly 15 projects, some of which are centered on infrastructure improvements.
The combined projects, said Escobar in a statement, “will make a tangible impact on El Pasoans from all walks of life.”
Some $850,000 in funds is expected to go to the Lower Valley Water District for a new ground storage tank; while the University Medical Center of El Paso will receive not quite $1.4 million to replace an emergency generator.
The long-planned Terminal Bridge Reconstruction Project at the El Paso International Airport is slated to receive $850,000 for design and construction work. That project is replacing an existing traffic structure that serves as the airport’s primary exit.
By Garry Boulard
