USDA logoBismarck (CSi) USDA Rural Development will finance more than $8 million in projects to improve and expand water and wastewater services for rural North Dakotans.

USDA will finance $5 million in loans and $3.9 million in grants to improve water quality and help protect the environment and natural resources.

Projects financed  in the area include:

Stutsman Rural Water District: $600,000 loan to continue work on providing water services to the City of Woodworth and over 300 rural users.

The investments announced are provided through USDA’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS), which also administers infrastructure programs that fund broadband and rural electric systems to meet the needs of rural communities. To learn more about USDA’s utility programs, please call (701) 530-2037 or visit http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/nd.