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The EPA Loans D.C. $156 Million To Replace Outdated Pipes, Improve Water Quality
APR 16, 1:47 PM
The EPA Loans D.C. $156 Million To Replace Outdated Pipes, Improve Water Quality
Elliot C. Williams https://twitter.com/ecwilliams30
D.C. will use a $156 million federal loan to pay for new water mains, with the goal of improving the city’s water quality and reducing service problems caused by breaks in the city’s century-old water pipes.
Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan announced news of the loan during an event Thursday with DC Water CEO and general manager David Gadis, along with D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, Ward 5 Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie, and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton.
“When we talk about $156 million, that’s a lot of money,” Bowser said, “especially when that $156 million will lessen the burden on DC Water rate payers, of which I am one.”
The low-interest loan, called the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act, will save DC Water $30 million, the EPA said in a press release.
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The EPA Loans D.C. $156 Million To Replace Outdated Pipes, Improve Water Quality
Elliot C. Williams https://twitter.com/ecwilliams30
D.C. will use a $156 million federal loan to pay for new water mains, with the goal of improving the city’s water quality and reducing service problems caused by breaks in the city’s century-old water pipes.
Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan announced news of the loan during an event Thursday with DC Water CEO and general manager David Gadis, along with D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, Ward 5 Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie, and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton.
“When we talk about $156 million, that’s a lot of money,” Bowser said, “especially when that $156 million will lessen the burden on DC Water rate payers, of which I am one.”
The low-interest loan, called the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act, will save DC Water $30 million, the EPA said in a press release.
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