One of my goals in office has been to work with our federal and state partners to gain more grant/appropriation funds for the City.  Thus, I am thrilled to report that Rockville has been awarded $2.68 Million in Federal earmark funding to support three infrastructure projects focused on improving drinking water safety and the wastewater system. The largest portion of the funding ($1.09 Million) will be used for the Orangeburg Lateral Replacement project.  Another $1.09 Million will support the Wastewater Collection System Rehabilitation project, which will rehabilitate more than 54,000 linear feet of aging wastewater pipes in southeast Rockville.  The work is intended to prevent sewage backups that can damage private property, threaten public health and pollute local waterways. The remaining $500,000 will fund a lead service line inventory investigation to identify more than 8,000 water service lines with unknown materials.