Source: SOUTHERN FARM NETWORK, 9/25/20

 Today, U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) introduced bipartisan legislation that would provide rural communities that are under significant financial strain as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic emergency assistance to repair, modernize and renovate failing water infrastructure. The Emergency Support for Rural Water Systems Act would provide $1 billion in emergency grants, low- and zero-interest loans and loan forgiveness for struggling small and rural water and wastewater systems across the nation. 

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