Highland County Health Department announces water bottle refilling station grant opportunity

The Highland County Health Department is announcing the opportunity for community facilities to install free water bottle refilling stations throughout the Health District, thanks to a grant funded through the Ohio Department of Health.

Through the grant, the Health Department was able to secure 50 water bottle refilling stations with the goal of reducing disease transmission through touchless filling stations, minimizing single-use plastic bottles and promoting water consumption.

All applicants must complete an application to be eligible to receive a water bottle refilling station and will be scored based on a rubric system. If more eligible applications are received than the grant funding can provide, distribution of the water bottle refilling stations will be based on the application score.

To be eligible for this opportunity, applicants must:

• Be located within the Health District (all areas of Highland County).

• Be a governmental agency, nonprofit, for-profit or other organization.

• Agree to all items required within the application and submit a fully completed application with any supporting documentation.

Additionally, those awarded a water bottle refilling station will be responsible for installing and maintaining the station.

All applicants are required to complete this grant application and submit all supporting documents by Oct. 31 at 4 p.m. Additional applications will be accepted until grant funds are exhausted.

For more information, visit the Highland County Health Department's website at www.highlandcountyhealth.org, or to view the Water Bottle Refilling Station Application, visit https://forms.gle/UBhGsXJQeJjx5wLg7.

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