According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, more than $87 million in federal funding earmarked to fix Flint, Michigan’s infrastructure hasn’t been collected because the city has requested reimbursement on too few projects.
In a recent letter to the city’s mayor, EPA Acting Water Division Director Thomas Short Jr. urged the city to advance its schedule of projects to complete work during the grant period which ends Dec. 31, 2021.The EPA originally awarded Flint $100 million in funding through its Drinking Water State Revolving Funds.Flooding Leads to 6.9 Million-Gallon Spill in Georgia
Heavy rainfall in early March caused flooding in the DeKalb
News Briefs: Flint Isn't Spending EPA Funding Fast Enough
Also in this week's water and wastewater news, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago announced its noncritical employees will be on call and telecommuting during the COVID-19 outbreak
Mar 18, 2020
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