Norwich Bulletin - www.norwichbulletin.com - Norwich, Conn.
COLCHESTER -- Surplus from a Southington Water Department project has enabled the state to funnel $2.6 million to Colchester in the form of a loan from the Clean Water Fund to upgrade the town's pump and treatment facility on Taintor Hill Road.
The State Bonding Commission approved reallocating the surplus Friday, the day after U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, announced he had secured $500,000 in federal funds for the project as well.
"The availability of funding to offset some of our costs of this project is so important, not only to Colchester, but also to the other towns in the area that rely on our pump stations to carry wastewater to the treatment plant," said Robert Tarlov, chairman of the Colchester Water and Sewer Commission.
