WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar issued the following news release:
U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith (D-MN) announced that Congress approved $750,000 in funding for Northern Township to install a sanitary sewer system along County State Aid Highway (CSAH) 20. This project will address the aging septic systems around Lake Bemidji. The legislation now goes to the President's desk to be signed into law.
"As the septic systems around Lake Bemidji age, they risk leaking into the surrounding groundwater and soil, harming the lake," said Klobuchar. "The federal funding we secured will help Northern Township build a new wastewater system to upgrade the septic systems that many homes and businesses currently use, reducing the ri...