Article: United States: Yuba County gets $2 million for wastewater system.

Byline: pinto03

Yuba County officials have received $2 million in state and federal funds to build a new wastewater system for a Smartville subdivision.

The system, which will serve 84 homes in the Gold Village subdivision, will be funded through an $850,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) grant and a $1.05 million loan and grant from the state Water Resources Control Board, according to a USDA news release.

In October 2006, the wastewater holding tank in Gold Village ruptured and discharged untreated sewage. As a temporary solution, Yuba County officials had sewage hauled to a nearby treatment plant and set up a portable ...

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