City of Marble earns $3 million water grant for city wells

MARBLE — The Minnesota Public Facilities Authority awarded $3,008,065 to the city of Marble to install new filtration systems in city wells.

According to grant documents, the project takes aim at removing iron and manganese from the city drinking water.

To do this, the city would need to aerate and install a gravity filter system in two city wells.

Marble was among nine Minnesota cities that received assistance from the Public Facilities Authority.

The authority reported over 88 million dollars were allocated to twelve projects statewide for water infrastructure in a news release Thursday, Sept. 3.

The money comes from the state revolving fund, which provides financing for public utilities projects like water and transportation.

Of Marble's fund, 20% is a loan, which will be paid back over 30 years. The remaining $2.4 million is a grant given to the city.

Marble's project has a total cost of $6 million.

The rest of the costs will be covered by a Department of Health grant provided to small communities to mitigate contaminants.