NY Rep. Higgins seeks federal aid to upgrade Great Lakes wastewater treatment plants

<> NY Rep. Higgins seeks federal aid to upgrade Great Lakes wastewater treatment plants - The bill would provide the EPA with money that would be passed on to publicly owned wastewater treatment plants in the Great Lakes region which would be equipped with "nutrient-removal technology." Higgins Announces Legislation to Protect the Great Lakes, Update Water Infrastructure - The Great Lakes Nutrient Removal Assistance Act would provide the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with $500 million of funding to upgrade publicly-owned wastewater treatment plants in the Great Lakes basin with nutrient removal technology. H.R. 1955: To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide assistance for nutrient removal technologies to States in the Great Lakes System