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)

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 ...

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