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Outline of Need:
The small rural community of Morley, Missouri, was in dire need of a sewer. They had tried to obtain funding for the last 17 years. Every third house had been checked by the Health Department to determine if the septic tanks met health standards. Fifty percent of the tanks checked were not approved. In addition, the City of Morley would not be attractive to private industry and new business with no sewer system, thus inhibiting community development.
How Rural Development Helped:
Working together with the Bootheel Regional Planning and Economic Development Commission, funds were obtained from the State of Missouri's Community Development Block Grant Program and USDA Rural Development's Water and Waste loan and grant program.
The Results:
395 families will be served by the new sewer system, elimiating health and safety concerns related to the septic tank system. New industry will be attracted to the City.
The Morley City Council, mayor and residents participated in a ground breaking ceremony for the city's new sewer system. From left are, Ava Emerson, land owner; U.S. Representative Jo Ann Emerson; Wilma Smith, Mayor, Greg Branum, State Director of USDA, Rural Development; David Pullen, USDA, and Dennis Young, Young's General Contracting.
(February 2002)
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