Monday, May 23 2011 9:55AM
A new sewage facility may improve wastewater services and help manage related public health risks facing residents of Tin Town.
Up until this point, the residents of the rural community of Tin Town, Arizona have had to rely on cesspools and problematic septic systems for their wastewater needs. However, soon that may all change. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), in conjunction with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is funding the construction of a $1.4 million wastewater collection system in the area.
The USDA Rural Development says the system will connect the wastewater systems of residents of Tin Town to the wastewater facility in the slightly larger area of Bisbee, where Tin Town is situated.
According to the USDA Blog, the previous system was unsanitary and posed the risk of potential public health problems, both for residents of Tin Town as well as neighboring areas.
"Tin Town is a community with character and full of characters. Its citizens have been good neighbors and good stewards … and soon they will have a safer, more sanitary town for the next generations," the source says.
The USDA recognized this and a number of other
rural community development projects nationwide in celebration of Earth Day on April 22.