EPA, USDA, GEFA and the City of Port Wentworth Recognize Groundbreaking of $17.5 Million Recovery Act Wastewater Infrastructure Plan
Category:Water Type: News Source: EPA Date: Thursday, February 25th, 2010
(ATLANTA - February 25, 2010) E.P.A. (EPA) Acting Deputy Regional Administrator Beverly Banister will join officials from U.S.D.A., Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority (GEFA) and the city of Port Wentworth to break ground on a wastewater treatment facility in Port Wentworth, GA. The wastewater infrastructure project, funded with $17.5 Million through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), is helping create green jobs, boost the local economy, enhance aging water infrastructure and protect human health and the environment.
President Obama signed the ARRA on Feb. 17, 2009, and has directed that the Recovery Act be implemented with unprecedented transparency and accountability. To that end, the American people can see how every dollar is being invested at Recovery.gov.
Who: EPA, USDA, GEFA and the city of Port Wentworth
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