Uintah Basin Standard | 1963-05-16 | Page 9 | Bill Passage is Insurance for Water Projects

Bill passage is insurance for water projects Senator Frank E Moss l this week hailed passage by the Senate of a supplemental appropriations bill containing million for Accelerated Public Works for the current fiscal year ending June 30 The bill previously passed the House Moss said Accelerated Public Works Program has been of great benefit to Ulah Pending Utah applications for community projects total more than million Some of these will now be funded from the appropriation we have just distressed areas received from the million appropriated at the last session of of the present come from small Utah communities in need of assistance to repair or construct new water and sewer facilities There are also pending a number of applications for sewage treatment for construction of hospital and medical for new municipal for new gas and for new county roads than small Utah communities have water systems that do not meet the standards of the Utah State Board of The accelerated Public Works Program is the first opportunity they have had to receive Federal most of the the Federal Government pays 50 per cent and the community 50 per cent Where water pollution is a the Federal share may run Two projects in Duchesne and the Western end of Uintah I which have been approved may now become They include improvement of the water systems at Duchesne and Roosevelt Without passage of the bill noted in this delay might have been experienced in the