Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Aug. 10 that Prattsville and the city of Rensselaer are getting grants and low-cost loans from the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation for local water and wastewater infrastructure projects. The Town of Prattsville in Greene County gets $1.45 million, including an $872,672 Drinking Water Grant and a $581,782 zero-interest loan for the development of a new groundwater well to provide required source redundancy for the water system. The City of Rensselaer in Rensselaer County gets $11.9 million, including a $3 million WIIA grant and a $6.65 million zero-interest loan to acquire a portion of the water storage tank and pump station facilities previously constructed and financed by the Rensselaer Water and Sewer Authority. In addition, severely aged and undersized water distribution mains will be replaced throughout the City.