News Release 350

DEPARTMENT AWARDS $47,600 TO THE GLAIZE CREEK
SEWER DISTRICT FOR WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENTS

Volume 36-350

Contact: Renee Bungart

(For immediate release)

573-751-4465

JEFFERSON CITY, MO, JUNE 11, 2008 - The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has awarded a $47,600 grant to the Glaize Creek Sewer District in Jefferson County.  

The district will use the funds to build gravity sewer collection lines in Barnhart Hills subdivision.  Currently, the area relies on residential septic systems and drain fields.  The new collection lines will eliminate 34 of the current systems.

The grant funds come from a $50 million bond sale in November 2007, which funded Governor Blunt's Clean Water Initiative for water and wastewater improvements. The funds will be used in conjunction with a State and Tribal Assistance Grant through the Environmental Protection Agency.  The project is estimated to cost $532,986.00.

The Department of Natural Resources' Water Protection Program will administer the grant funds.  For more information, contact the Department of Natural Resources' Water Protection Program, Financial Assistance Center, P.O. Box 176, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176 or phone 800-361-4827 or 573-751-1192.

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