Local Infrastructure

Waverly received a Federal grant under Public Law 139 in the amount of $598,300 during the early part of 1953 for expansion of its sewage system and a loan of $75,000 in connection with expansion of the water system. The community of Waverly voted a bond issue of $600,000, which defrayed the major portion of the water program.

Piketon financed the construction of a water system entirely with its own funds through a bond issue of $230,000 and special assessments of $34,000. Additionally, The Village received a Federal grant in the amount of $390,000 for the construction of a sewage treatment system.