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Sedgwick County approves $125,000 match to unlock state funds for groundwater health testing in 20th & Grove plume
Summary
Commissioners authorized $125,000 in county matching funds to leverage $1,000,000 in state match funding and $1,500,000 in state testing funds for environmental 'at-risk' testing tied to a decades-old rail contamination plume near 20 Ninth and Grove, with conditions on contracting and administration.
The Sedgwick County Board of County Commissioners voted Feb. 5 to authorize $125,000 in county matching funds to support state-led environmental at-risk testing for residents in the plume area near 20 Ninth and Grove.
County Manager Tom Stultz briefed the board that the state had already provided $1,500,000 for testing and offered an additional $1,000,000 contingent on a local dollar-for-dollar match. With prior commitments of $500,000 from the Kansas Health Foundation and $125,000 from the city of Wichita, the county’s $125,000 would raise the local match to $750,000 and leverage a total of $3,000,000 for…
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