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Sedgwick County approves $125,000 match to state program for testing near 20th and Grove plume
Summary
The Board of County Commissioners authorized $125,000 in local matching funds to unlock state testing money tied to a memorandum of agreement with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment focused on the 20th and Grove groundwater plume; expenditure is contingent on a county contract to administer testing.
Sedgwick County commissioners on Feb. 5 approved $125,000 in local matching funds to leverage an additional $1 million in state match and $1.5 million already allocated for environmental "at-risk" testing tied to a memorandum of agreement with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) focused on the groundwater plume around 20th and Grove.
County Manager Tom Stultz said the county previously accepted $1.5 million in state funding and that the new $125,000 would bring local match commitments to $750,000 and enable $3 million in total project funds. "The expenditure of these funds would be contingent on the county entering…
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