USDA Invests in Water and Wastewater Infrastructure in 46 States

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USDA Invests in Water and Wastewater Infrastructure in 46 States

Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett announced that USDA is investing $1.2 billion (PDF, 509 KB) to help rebuild and improve rural water infrastructure for 936,000 rural Americans living in 46 states.

“Access to water is a key driver for economic opportunity and quality of life in rural communities,” Hazlett said. “Under the leadership of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, USDA is committed to being a strong partner to rural communities in building prosperity through modern water infrastructure.”

download (15).png USDA is providing financing for 234 water and environmental infrastructure projects through the Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant program. The funding can be used for drinking water, stormwater drainage and waste disposal systems for rural communities with 10,000 or fewer residents.

Eligible communities and water districts can apply online on the interactive RD Apply tool, or they can apply through one of USDA Rural Development’s state or field offices.

Below are some examples of the investments USDA is making:

USDA is making investments in rural communities in: Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin and West Virginia.

In April 2017, President Donald J. Trump established the Interagency Task Force on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity to identify legislative, regulatory and policy changes that could promote agriculture and prosperity in rural communities. In January 2018, Secretary Perdue presented the Task Force’s findings to President Trump. These findings included 31 recommendations to align the federal government with state, local and tribal governments to take advantage of opportunities that exist in rural America. Increasing investments in rural infrastructure is a key recommendation of the task force.

To view the report in its entirety, please view the Report to the President of the United States from the Task Force on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity (PDF, 5.4 MB). In addition, to view the categories of the recommendations, please view the Rural Prosperity infographic (PDF, 190 KB).

SOURCE: USDA Website

 

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    I am looking for a financial or associate partner

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    1. Completely ecological industrial platform without any gas emittion or other polluting materials. 

    2. Burning thousands of tonnes of household waste annually per furnace (without needing selection). 

    3. Alternative fuel production at competitive prices and in massive amounts. 

    4. Waste processing and industrial pollution neutralising of any kind (even burning gasses) 

    5. The re-launching and sustaining of the chemical industry on an ecological basis. 

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    Pollution appears when the technological progress reaches a level where it starts having a major impact upon the environment and the by-products management is not prioritised because of economic reasons. Massive gas emission with greenhouse effect are the result of a faulty attitude towards technology. In the same category one should include household and industrial waste management.

     

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    Processing flue gases from the furnace tunnel in Solvay plant for seawater desalination offers the cheapest drinking water

    EXPENSES production are minimal, considering that all reagents are byproducts of peripheral tunnel furnace installations

    Such production's expense are transferred acetylene's expense with the raw materials and energy for desalination are theoretically zero

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    REDOXINT Address: 

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    Zoltan Pardi