Recovery Act Funds for Rural Water Projects Announced
Funding will help improve infrastructure.
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Published: Jun 18, 2009
More than $123 million will be given to projects in 24 states to help provide safe drinking water and improved wastewater treatment systems for rural towns and communities. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced the projects on Wednesday that are being funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
"The water and wastewater projects announced today support the Obama administration's goal of rebuilding and revitalizing our country's rural infrastructure and putting people to work by doing the work that Americans want done." Vilsack said. "These Recovery Act investments will provide reliable drinking water and sanitary waste disposal while creating and saving jobs in rural America." Projects selected are located in Florida, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, North Dakota, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin and West Virginia. For information about these projects, click HERE.
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