The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that Colorado was awarded a $531,000 grant to upgrade stormwater collection and sewer systems.
DENVER — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that Colorado was awarded a $531,000 grant to upgrade stormwater collection and sewer systems.
“Heavy rainfall can flood communities, overload facilities that collect and treat wastewater and contaminate our waterways with sewage and pollution,” said KC Becker, EPA regional administrator. “With $531,000 in grant funding, EPA is helping Colorado address the threat of stormwater inundation in communities that need it most.
The grants can fund projects so municipalities can"strengthen their wastewater and stormwater collection systems against increasingly intense rain events and prevent contaminants from polluting waterways," the EPA said in a press release Thursday.
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