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October 24, 2014

Feds spending $353M for water system upgrades

  • Port Townsend is getting $14.2 million for water system improvements. It is the only city in Washington to get funding.
    • By RACHEL D’ORO
    Associated Press

    ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A remote Alaska Native village where only half the homes have indoor plumbing is among rural communities nationwide that will receive upgrades to water and wastewater systems with $352 million in grants and loans from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

    Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack was scheduled to announce the funding Thursday at a convention of Alaska Natives in Anchorage.


     
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