Democrat photo/Garrett Fuller — Brandon Jenson, a community development block grant program manager for the Missouri Department of Economic Development, introduces a $1.5-million block grant award Wednesday (Aug. 30) at California City Hall. The grant will be used to replace Well No. 7, a well east of California near California Manufacturing, after it developed issues in March when a section of well casing collapsed. Since, the well — which previously pumped most of the water for California, including the Cargill plant — has been operating at reduced capacity.
CALIFORNIA, Mo. -- The city received more than $1.5 million Wednesday for an emergency water project.
Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED) awarded a $1.58 million Community Development Block Grant to the city so it may recover from the failure of one of its wells.
