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News Release 146
DEPARTMENT AWARDS $500,000 TO BONNE TERRE FOR WASTEWATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS
Volume 36-146 |
Contact: Renee Bungart |
(For immediate release) |
573-751-4465 |
JEFFERSON CITY, MO, MARCH 21, 2008 -- The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has awarded a $500,000 grant to the city of Bonne Terre in St. Francois County. The city will use the grant funds to make wastewater system improvements.
The city will build a new final clarifier, new tertiary filters and a new ultraviolet light disinfection system. The wastewater treatment system improvements will allow Bonne Terre to meet wastewater effluent limits included in its wastewater permit.
The grant funds come from a $50 million bond sale in November of 2007, which funded Governor Blunt's Clean Water Initiative for water and wastewater improvements. The funds will be used in conjunction with local dollars. The project, estimated to cost more than $2.2 million, is expected to be completed in January 2009.
The Department of Natural Resources will administer the grant funds. For more information, contact the Department of Natural Resources' Water Protection Program, at P.O. Box 176, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176 or phone 800-361-4827 or 573-751-1192.
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