MUD receives $25 million grant to replace gas lines in Omaha
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The Metropolitan Utilities District has received a $25 million grant to replace 89 miles of natural gas lines that are over 100 years old, officials announced Friday.
The grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administrationâs Natural Gas Distribution Infrastructure Safety and Modernization program, which also issued $10 million to MUD a year ago for pipeline replacements.
The Metropolitan Utilities District was awarded a $25 million grant from the
 U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration on Friday.Â
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âWe looked at the most dangerous pipe in the country, and thatâs cast iron and bare steel, two of the things weâre focused on with the grants that weâre announcing here today,â Brown said.
MUD began an infrastructure replacement program in 2008 focused on replacing 560 miles of low-pressure cast iron gas main lines with safer and more efficient high-pressure plastic gas pipe.
So far, more than 500 miles of cast iron main lines have been replaced and around 100 miles remain, President and CEO Mark Doyle said during the press conference.
MUD plans to replace all cast iron main lines by the end of the decade, according to a press release, and more than 50,000 gas service lines have also been replaced so far.
The project has primarily been funded through a monthly fee on customers' bills, but the grant will help reduce the burden on customers, Doyle said.
Many of the replacements through the grant will take place in older and lower income areas of Omaha, according to the release. Doyle said, even with the rise in renewable energy, natural gas remains vital.Â
âWe still need to take care of a grid that supporting over 700,000 residents that their lives depend on, being able to heat their homes and their water and have a safe environment where they live,â Doyle said.Â
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