Saturday, December 25, 2004

Water agency seeks state loan - The Sacramento Bee

Tax payer's money is used for the good cause for these kind of Water Treatment project. Action must be swift & prompt, so that time & money is not lost.

Water agency seeks state loan
By Art Campos -- Bee Staff Writer
Published 2:15 am PST Thursday, December 23, 2004
The Placer County Water Agency will seek a low-interest state loan of $9 million to help expand and upgrade its Auburn Water Treatment Plant.

Agency directors authorized the administrative staff members last week to apply for the loan from the California Safe Drinking Water Act revolving fund.

Brian Martin, PCWA director of technical services, said the loan, if approved, would pay for one-third of the estimated $26.3 million project.

The remainder would be financed by water-connection charges to developers and new customers and through water bill charges for state-and federally mandated programs, Martin said.

The treatment plant, which operates at a capacity of 6 million gallons of water a day, is on six acres next to the agency's business center on Ferguson Road.Read More...
Water agency seeks state loan - The Sacramento Bee

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