Low-Interest Loans to Help Float Sewerage Upgrades
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By Jerome L. Sherman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  Mar. 13--WASHINGTON -- Southwestern Pennsylvania stands to benefit from a  package of $14 billion in low-interest loans that the U.S. House approved last  week to help local governments pay for improvements to their sewage systems.
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By Jared Page Deseret Morning News  Fees for new sewer connections in the southern third of Salt Lake County will increase by about $1,000 per home beginning June 1 to help pay for a planned sewage-treatment plant in Riverton, sewer district officials said.
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For those sinking in a flood of unpaid loans, don&#39;t lose hope. Many people have gone before you and made it out. Simply put, there are debt-defying actions you can take.
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By Tom Sheehan, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Jan. 31--BUCKEYE LAKE, Ohio -- Ed Houk and hundreds of other Buckeye Lake-area residents are upset about a proposed 69 percent sewer rate increase this year, but there may be little they can do about it.
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By Stephanie Horvath, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Jun. 12--WELLINGTON -- Residents slurping up extra water might soon pay the price.
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Sewers trigger water bill rise   WATER bills are to go up by as much as Pounds 11 a year after a shake-up in sewage arrangements, the Government said today.
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Mortgage refinancing is available ... for those who need it least.
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Town officials are hoping the state can unearth $1.4 million to help bring sewers to the Medway 495 Business Park. Otherwise, they say, some 250 area jobs may be lost -- not to mention thousands of dollars in annual tax revenue.
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Helping the "underbanked" pays off. So does diversity.
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By Lauren Klein, The Stamford Advocate, Conn.  Sep. 19--NORWALK -- After several years of stagnating state funds for clean water projects, three officials pledged yesterday to obtain $70 million in bonds for the Clean Water Fund in the next legislative session.   State Sens.
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Science & environment: Plastic pipes could pump water to bring up nutrients.
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By Rachel Cohen  SAN LORENZO -- Owners of small apartment buildings who want to fix up their property can now seek a loan from a county program that in the past has catered only to single-family properties.
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By Dori Berman  Lawmakers hoping to improve water quality in the Chesapeake Bay have proposed assessing a fee on all new construction to create a dedicated funding source for bay cleanup programs.
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By Lisa Fleisher, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Mar. 6--An alliance of coastal communities along the Grand Strand could band together to request around $120 million in federal funding to address the problem of stormwater runoff.
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will have to increase their funding of mortgages for low- and moderate-income home buyers, under a new rule the Department of Housing and Urban Development announced yesterday.
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New applications for U.S. home loans  rose last week along with mortgage refinancings as 30-year  mortgage rates eased to their lowest levels in six months, an  industry group said on Wednesday.
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