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Article: Coburg wins federal funds for sewer.(General News)(The $500,000 grant will help build an $18.6 million wastewater treatment system for residences and businesses)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- June 30, 2007
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Byline: Karen McCowan The Register-Guard
COBURG - The last Lane County city where residents still flush their toilets into septic tanks got a boost this week: It will receive $500,000 in federal funds toward construction of a wastewater treatment system, expected to begin later this year.
Congress this week passed a bill that included a half-million dollar grant to help construct a wastewater system in Coburg to protect and improve the region's groundwater, said U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Springfield.
Wastewater treatment for Coburg was a priority in a Southern Willamette Valley groundwater management plan devised by a panel of regional ...