Parched Projects: Nebraska’s Water Systems Need Fixing. The Fund Meant to Help Can’t Keep Up.

Parched projects: Nebraska’s water systems need fixing. The fund meant to help can’t keep up.

Nebraska’s public drinking water and wastewater systems need billions of dollars to replace aging equipment and meet federal health regulations. When communities can’t get a loan from the program that’s designed to help, residents have to pay.

Parched projects: Nebraska’s water systems need fixing. The fund meant to help can’t keep up. - Flatwater Free Press

In the Nebraska Panhandle, less than half an hour’s drive from both Wyoming and Colorado, the City of Kimball is trying to grow. Recent investments from major local employers and the planned Air Force upgrade of missiles in nearby nuclear missile silos are expected to create new jobs — a city engineering report estimates that “the High Point of Nebraska” soon could double in size.  To meet that growth, the city’s water infrastructure needs atten…