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Oklahoma Water Resources Board requests infrastructure funding, staffing and monitoring support as demand grows
Summary
The Water Resources Board told legislators it has loaned more than $7.7 billion for water and wastewater projects since the program began, seeks continued funding for low-cost loans and asked for additional staff, monitoring and IT modernization to manage growing demand and new water-planning and flood initiatives.
Julie Cunningham, director of the Oklahoma Water Resources Board, told the House appropriations subcommittee the agency's financing programs, water-rights administration and statewide planning responsibilities are strained by rising demand, aging infrastructure and new policy mandates.
"We do about 60% of the state's water infrastructure financing," Cunningham said. She reported the board has financed more than $7.7 billion in water and wastewater projects since the revolving programs…
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