Abraham announces $3.2M for Caldwell water system

WASHINGTON — Congressman Ralph Abraham, M.D., R-Alto, announced Friday in a news release that the Vixen Water System in Caldwell Parish will receive $3.2 million in assistance from the United States Department of Agriculture for major upgrades to the system.

The Vixen Water System serves nearly 300 rural customers and has been under an administrative order from the Department of Health and Hospitals due to ongoing problems with the system.

The project will alleviate the health and sanitary problems by providing safe, dependable, potable drinking water to the customers of Vixen Water System by constructing a new water well with two 45,000 gallon ground storage tanks and installing a biological filter, including radio read meters and approximately 56,000 linear feet of 6-inch water main to connect the east and west portions of the system.

"No American should worry about the quality of their water while the government is building gardens in cities," Abraham said. "Flowers are nice, but clean water is necessary."

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