Seneca can thank the American Rescue Plan Act

Seneca can count on additional outside grant money to replace a water line and help pay for a new elevated storage tank. Scott Moulder, city administrator, last night announced that SCIIP – the South Carolina Infrastructure Investment Program – has decided to award Seneca an additional $1.3 million, in the form of a grant that must be supplemented by $433 thousand dollars of city money.  Moulder told the city council the money must be designated for an existing project and, as such, will be spent on the new water tank on the Doug Hollow Road and 10 thousand, 300 linear feet of new 12” water line on SC 130. SCIIP awards grants to local government and public water and sewer utilities statewide.  The grants are funds through the American Rescue Plan Act requiring expenditures to be made by December 31, 2026.