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Senate passes bill allowing water districts to assume sanitation duties for small towns
Summary
House Bill 3910 authorizes coordinated arrangements under ORS 264.335 to let water districts assume sanitation powers for wastewater systems in limited circumstances; sponsors told the Senate the change addresses infrastructure gaps in small communities such as Mapleton and creates a statutory path to access state and federal funding.
The Oregon Senate passed House Bill 3910 to permit certain water districts to assume sanitation authority under coordinated agreements, a change sponsors said would help small communities with failing wastewater systems access funding and operate essential sanitation services.
Senator Anderson, carrying the bill on the floor, described Mapleton in Lane County — a…
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