{"id":362642,"date":"2022-02-22T06:06:52","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T20:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=362642"},"modified":"2022-02-22T06:06:52","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T20:06:52","slug":"nmi-is-seen-to-finally-have-24-hour-palatable-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/nmi-is-seen-to-finally-have-24-hour-palatable-water\/","title":{"rendered":"NMI is seen to finally have 24-hour palatable water\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

With over $100 million in federal funds for the next five years, the Marianas is expected to reach its goal of having a 24-hour palatable water for all residents of the islands, according to Delegate Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan (Ind-MP) over the weekend.<\/p>\n

In his e-kilili newsletter, Sablan thanked Commonwealth Utilities Corp. officials for giving him a tour Thursday of the new concrete water tank in San Vicente.<\/p>\n

He said CUC executive director Gary P. Camacho, chief engineer Larry Manacop, project manager Alley Reyes, and acting Water and Waste manager Yvonne Cabrera-Ogumoro showed him the work that\u2019s already in progress with the new 0.75-million-gallon concrete water tank.<\/p>\n

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Sablan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The delegate said the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is providing $100 million over the next five years for water systems in the CNMI.<\/p>\n

Sablan said the American Rescue Plan Act intended for Gov. Ralph DLG Torres to use some of his $482 million Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery account for water infrastructure.<\/p>\n

These funds, he said, together with Super Typhoon Yutu recovery money and the increasing annual funding from the U.S. Congress for the Safe Drinking Water and Clean Water Act ($8.4 million estimated in fiscal year 2022), make it possible for the CNMI finally reach the goal of 24-hour palatable water for every resident of the islands.<\/p>\n

In September 2020, Sablan disclosed that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced an award of $17.51 million to the Marianas for water and sewer infrastructure.<\/p>\n

He said $10.4 million of these funds come from a specific set-aside for the Marianas that he included in the 2019 disaster relief act, U.S. Public Law 116-20.<\/p>\n

The delegate said the balance of $7.19 million is from funds set aside for the Marianas and other territories in the EPA appropriation for fiscal year 2020, U.S. Public Law 116-94.<\/p>\n

Sablan has been able to increase the EPA set-aside every year since 2010. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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