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commodate growth, the county was able to obtain grants from EPA and HUD to cover 75 percent of costs. The state agreed to supply five percent and the balance was to come from a Farmers Home Administration loan to be repaid at two percent interest over 40 years from user fees of approximately $10 per month.
But when construction budget estimates soared from $850,000 to $2.3 million, user fees—even with the federal grants—climbed right along too. Biddle said monthly bills required to pay for the $2.3 million system would have
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