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shifting some funds from one activity to another that it will be possible to preserve the state’s grants for water and sewer projects.
These grants amount to five percent of certain construction projects on the basis of the priorities established by the State Water Control Board. The program for grants to water and sewer projects on a greater than five percent basis in certain localities unable to finance a substantial part of the project is not expected to be changed.
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