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N.D. (NewsDakota.com) Jasper Schneider, USDA Rural Development state director announced that million in financing for five projects to improve water and waste water services for rural North Dakota.

USDA will finance $4.3 million in grants and $3.6 million in loans to improve water quality and help protect the environment and natural resources. The projects listed below will provide efficient and dependable services for more than 4,300 rural customers and minimize potential health and property risks.

·    City of Rolla: $1,701,000 grant and $1,090,000 loan to replace piping, actuated valves, electrical and mechanical equipment. The water treatment plant will also be upgraded to include a redundant pressure filter and retrofitted to include membrane filtration.
·    City of Napoleon: $1,566,600 grant and a $999,000 loan to replace cast iron pipes, replace or re-line sanitary sewers and services, install a new under drain system and extend the storm sewer system.
·    City of Oakes: $826,000 grant and $522,000 loan to replace one of the city’s water towers and rehabilitate the other.

To learn more about USDA’s water and environmental programs, please call (701) 530-2037 or visit http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/UWEP_HomePage.html.