PINE GROVE, W.Va. (AP) - The federal government has approved a grant to finish repairing a flood-damaged sewer system in West Virginia.
Gov. Jim Justice’s office said the Federal Emergency Management Agency confirmed approval Thursday for a nearly $37,000 grant requested by the town of Pine Grove in Wetzel County.
The grant follows a federal disaster declaration prompted by last summer’s flooding in the northern panhandle and north-central West Virginia.
Justice’s civil contingency fund will provide about $12,000. Pine Grove has already completed about one-fourth of the project.
The governor’s office said the work has included rebuilding and repairing grinders and controller units for dozens of individual property pump wells.
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