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| https://benniethompson.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-bennie-thompson-announces-30000-awarded-town-vaiden | Congressman Bennie Thompson Announces $30,000 Awarded to Town of Vaiden | 2018-02-02 | 2018 | 2018-02 | Democrat | House | MS | Bennie Thompson | T000193 | benniethompson.house.gov | legacy | Congressman Bennie Thompson Announces $30,000 Awarded to Town of Vaiden Today, United States Representative Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) announced The United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development has awarded a grant in the amount of $30,000 through the Special Evaluation Assistance for Rural Communities and Households Program to the Town of Vaiden. The Rural Business Development funds will be used to conduct a feasibility study of the town's current water system in relation to installing new radio read water meters. The study will evaluate whether the expense to purchase and install the new meters will be beneficial in terms of recovery of lost revenues and reducing water loss at the connection point of the old meters. For additional information contact Mayor Melvin Hawthorne at 662-464-5266 | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |