JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Feb. 22 -- The Missouri Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release:

JEFFERSON CITY, MO, FEB. 22, 2024 - The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is accepting applications for Source Water Protection Project grants from eligible public water systems through

May 15, 2024. The grant offers up to $25,000 in reimbursement funding to eligible community public water systems that produce all or a portion of their drinking water from a raw water source.

Through this grant, the department provides financial assistance to qualified community public water systems to manage and protect raw drinking water sources, as well as to promote awareness of raw source water issues, values and benefits of protecti...