South Bend receives $14.5 million in financing for water improvements

WSBT · last updated July 16, 2026 – 6:26 PM

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WSBT) — South Bend is getting more than $14.5 million in state financing to improve its drinking water system.

It will help pay for work to fully restore the Edison Water Filtration Plant, replace lead service lines in the city’s northwest water zone and fund planning and design for a P-FAS minimization project at the North Water Treatment Plant.

The money comes through Indiana’s Drinking Water State Revolving Fund loan program.

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