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Minnesota Approves Funding For Water System

Minnesota Approves Funding For Water System

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During the special session of the Minnesota legislature, lawmakers approved nineteen million dollars for continued construction of the Lewis & Clark Regional Water System.

Executive Director Troy Larson says the money will let them get more of their members connected…

 

Larson says the Minnesota legislature has been very active in helping the project along…

 

Larson says it’s not the first time Minnesota has put money on the table…

 

Larson says they will now be able to plan construction out the rest of this year into next. The project will deliver water to towns and cities in South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota from wells near the Missouri River south of Vermillion.

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