[Senate Hearing 117-134]
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                                                        S. Hrg. 117-134

                  IDENTIFYING UNIQUE CHALLENGES FOR SMALL, 
                   RURAL, AND DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES  
                   IN ACCESSING AND MAINTAINING DRINKING 
                   WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT INFRA-
                   STRUCTURE SERVICES (PARTS I AND II)

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                             FIELD HEARINGS

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                              COMMITTEE ON
                      ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS

                          UNITED STATES SENATE

                    ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS

                             FIRST SESSION

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       OCTOBER 14, 2021--BECKLEY, WV; OCTOBER 15, 2021--DOVER, DE

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               COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS

                    ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS

                             FIRST SESSION

                  THOMAS R. CARPER, Delaware, Chairman
BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, Maryland         SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO, West 
BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont                 Virginia, 
SHELDON WHITEHOUSE, Rhode Island         Ranking Member
JEFF MERKLEY, Oregon                 JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma
EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts      KEVIN CRAMER, North Dakota
TAMMY DUCKWORTH, Illinois            CYNTHIA M. LUMMIS, Wyoming
DEBBIE STABENOW, Michigan            RICHARD SHELBY, Alabama
MARK KELLY, Arizona                  JOHN BOOZMAN, Arkansas
ALEX PADILLA, California             ROGER WICKER, Mississippi
                                     DAN SULLIVAN, Alaska
                                     JONI ERNST, Iowa
                                     LINDSEY O. GRAHAM, South Carolina

             Mary Frances Repko, Democratic Staff Director
               Adam Tomlinson, Republican Staff Director
                            
                            C O N T E N T S

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                            OCTOBER 14, 2021
                           OPENING STATEMENTS

Carper, Hon. Thomas R., U.S. Senator from the State of Delaware..     3
Capito, Hon. Shelley Moore, U.S. Senator from the State of West 
  Virginia.......................................................    17

                               WITNESSES

Manchin, Hon. Joe, U.S. Senator from the State of West Virginia..    25
Grinstead, Todd, Executive Director, West Virginia Rural Water 
  Association....................................................    29
    Prepared statement (additional testimony is available in 
      Committee files)...........................................    33
Morgan, Wayne, Executive Director, West Virginia Infrastructure 
  and Jobs Development Council...................................    64
    Prepared statement...........................................    71
Roberts, Jason, Executive Director, Region One Planning and 
  Development Council............................................    74
    Prepared statement...........................................    82

                            OCTOBER 15, 2021
                           OPENING STATEMENTS

Carper, Hon. Thomas R., U.S. Senator from the State of Delaware..   137
Capito, Hon. Shelley Moore, U.S. Senator from the State of West 
  Virginia.......................................................   148

                               WITNESSES

Coons, Hon. Christopher A., U.S. Senator from the State of 
  Delaware.......................................................   155
Blunt Rochester, Hon. Lisa, U.S. Representative from the State of 
  Delaware.......................................................   160
    Prepared statement...........................................   167
Codes-Johnson, Cassandra, Associate Deputy Director, Division of 
  Public Health, Delaware Department of Health and Social 
  Services.......................................................   174
    Prepared statement...........................................   179
Prettyman, Vikki, State Manager, Southeast Rural Community 
  Assistance Project, Inc........................................   184
    Prepared statement...........................................   190
Duncan, Richard A., Executive Director, Delaware Rural Water 
  Association....................................................   195
    Prepared statement...........................................   201

 
   IDENTIFYING UNIQUE CHALLENGES FOR SMALL, RURAL, AND DISADVANTAGED 
COMMUNITIES IN ACCESSING AND MAINTAINING DRINKING WATER AND WASTEWATER 
               TREATMENT INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES (PART I)

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                       THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2021

                                       U.S. Senate,
                 Committee on Environment and Public Works,
                                                       Beckley, WV.
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   IDENTIFYING UNIQUE CHALLENGES FOR SMALL, RURAL, AND DISADVANTAGED 
COMMUNITIES IN ACCESSING AND MAINTAINING DRINKING WATER AND WASTEWATER 
              TREATMENT INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES (PART II)

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                        FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2021

                                       U.S. Senate,
                 Committee on Environment and Public Works,
                                                         Dover, DE.
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