The city of Shenandoah and the Old Tamina Water Supply Corporation have reached an agreement for the city to provide water and sewage service to residents of the Tamina community. The agreement was finalized at an Old Tamina Water Supply Corporation meeting Dec. 5, according to Shenandoah City Administrator Kathie Reyer. Montgomery County will need to finalize the agreement for it to become official, she said.

According to the agreement provided by the city, Tamina residents do not have sanitary sewer services, an operating well or a water system that can provide fire protections. If approved, the county would provide $21 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funding to Shenandoah for the city to build water and sewer facilities in Tamina and to treat wastewater from Tamina.

Shenandoah will be required to construct the water and sewer facilities by Dec. 31, 2026. Once the system is built and operational, Tamina residents would be charged the same amount as Shenandoah residents for water and sewer services, according to the agreement.

In March, Shenandoah City Council approved a project to extend utilities down Tamina Road using federal funds, the first step toward providing service to a community that has been trying to get public sewer service since 1999.

The agreement between the city and Tamina is the first step toward water and sewer service being provided to the community.