Boone gets Grant

June 2, 2010

BOONE, Iowa---The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a $291,000 to the City of Boone for the final phase of the city's sanitary sewer rehabilitation project. The City Council held off on the final phase earlier this year, to have more time to pursue other funding sources, like the EPA. Council members had a concern about increase utility rates and the ability of the public to handle the rates. The city is currently under a consent order to complete the project by this November or face penalties from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Efforts to gain and extension have not been successful.