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New Jersey Approves $1.28 Billion for Water Infrastructure Plans

Matt Ball on August 13, 2014 - in Water

Legislation authorizing $1.28 billion in state financing for drinking water and wastewater improvement projects will also allocate $355 million for resiliency and protection projects for Sandy-damaged infrastructure.

The bulk of the money comes from a federal fund that is administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Approximately $335 million of that money is comprised of funding authorized by President Barack Obama for New Jersey and New York to do infrastructure repairs after the storm.

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