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(Jan. 18, 2009, Colorado Water Examiner)

Infrastructure — Rachel Maddow’s favorite topic — receives a good deal of attention in the new stimulus bill. Efforts will largely be focused on upgrading existing older systems that fail stricter standards both for supply and wastewater.

Colorado is in line for funding for the Arkansas Valley Conduit. The project is a pipeline from Lake Pueblo, along the Arkansas River, to supply communities all the way to the Kansas border.

TPM reports that rural communities will receive, “$1.5 billion to support $3.8 billion in grants and loans to help communities fund drinking water and wastewater treatment systems. In 2008, there were $2.4 billion in requests for water and waste loans and $990 million for water and waste grants went unfunded.”

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