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October 29, 2008
Clean Water on the Ballot in Pennsylvania
In what is most likely to become a growing trend, water infrastructure is on the ballot this year in Pennsylvania to replace aging pipes.
On the ballot Tuesday, the State is asking to borrow $400 million in a bond issue to help municipalities address their aging infrastructure, John Hanger, acting secretary of the state Department of the Environment, said.
"The fact of the matter is that we all suffer when communities don't treat water," John Hanger said.
It has been estimated that a minimum of $36.5 billion over the next 20 years will be needed to address statewide infrastructure repairs, according to findings from a study done by Gov. Ed Rendell's Sustainable Infrastructure Task Force, as reported by the York Daily Record.
Posted by Stephen Betheil at October 29, 2008 03:12 PM
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