July 16, 2009
Thursday’s Water News: Bi-Partisan Support for Water Trust Fund Bill Grows
On Wednesday, Congressman Thomas Petri (R-Wisc.) joined Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) in support of H.R. 3202, the Water Protection and Reinvestment Act. The bill would supply an additional $10 billion annually to help close the EPA estimated $500 billion gap between needs and funding over the next twenty years.
Headlines
An overnight water main break in Boise, Idaho flooded nearly twenty homes and opened a sink hole which swallowed a car.
Sewage plant improvements open 2,600 acres of valuable land to development in the Silicon Valley.
A tainted water supply in Putnam, Connecticut is forcing town officials to truck in drinking water from a neighboring municipality.
Stimulus Spotlight
Goshen, Virginia will receive over one million dollars in stimulus funds through the USDA Rural Development program to help replace depression era water pipes.
Stimulus funds will allow Delevan, New York to install its first water filtration system. Prior to this system the town had been relying on unfiltered spring-fed water.
Sewer Rate News
Lodi, California
Danville, Pennsylvania
Bowling Green, Ohio
