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Agency Helps Rural Utilities Navigate Path to Infrastructure Funding
Author(s) -
Dorava Joseph M.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.1002/opfl.1232
Subject(s) - agency (philosophy) , business , agriculture , environmental planning , water infrastructure , rural area , rural development , face (sociological concept) , finance , water supply , engineering , environmental engineering , geography , political science , philosophy , archaeology , epistemology , law , social science , sociology
Small systems face steep costs to rebuild and maintain drinking water and wastewater facilities. The US Department of Agriculture's Office of Rural Development helps communities with limited resources tackle the challenges involved with financing projects.