(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – At their meeting yesterday, the Yuba Water Agency’s Board of Directors approved $912,000 in grants for controlled flood risk reduction, water safety and water infrastructure improvements in South Yuba County.

$650,000 will go to the Olivehurst Public Utility District toward its sewer consolidation project, converting “nearly 150 homes” from septic to sewer, according to a press release.

The majority of the remaining grant, $292,000, will support continued flood risk reduction work in Reclamation District 784.

The balance, $15,000, will help open the Olivehurst swimming pool this summer.